Baroque Sheet Music: Explore the Classics of a Golden Era

The harrowing Old Testament story of the army commander Jephthah, bound by a sacred vow to kill his daughter, inspired the Roman composer Giacomo Carissimi to create this intense and moving setting. W...

The "Gloria in D" RV 589 is one of Vivaldi's best-known sacred works. The musically representative work in the style of a so-called "cantata mass" is divided into 12 parts, which differ in instrumenta...

The "Gloria in D" RV 589 is one of Vivaldi's best-known sacred works. The musically representative work in the style of a so-called "cantata mass" is divided into 12 parts, which differ in instrumenta...

In his roles as Kapellmeister at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and in the royal chapel of Louis XV, André Campra composed numerous grand motets, which often show stylistic influences from contemporary...

Ultimately, he is a pupil for whom I need not feel embarrassed,' wrote J. S. Bach, summarizing the qualities of his son-in-law to be, J. C. Altnickol. Altnickol's two settings of the Sanctus, based on...

The impressive collection Selva morale et spirituale, first published in 1641, is a milestone in Monteverdi's oeuvre and reflects his almost 30 years of activity as a church musician in Venice. As in...

Date of composition of the wedding cantata on which this work is based (BWV 34a) 1726, the parody in the first half of the 1740s

The alto cantata 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret' has seven movements; in the opening movements of the two parts of the cantata, a lost concerto by Bach survives in its original form, which he had arr...

The alto cantata 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret' has seven movements; in the opening movements of the two parts of the cantata, a lost concerto by Bach survives in its original form, which he had arr...

The alto cantata 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret' has seven movements; in the opening movements of the two parts of the cantata, a lost concerto by Bach survives in its original form, which he had arr...

Experienced organists in particular will enjoy this Bach cantata: A concerto by Bach, which has been lost in its original form and which he arranged for organ, is concealed in the opening movements of...

It only became apparent a few years ago that the text of the soprano cantata 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht'' came from the collection Gott-geheiligten Sabbaths-Zehnden by the Leipzig theology stud...

It only became apparent a few years ago that the text of the soprano cantata 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht'' came from the collection Gott-geheiligten Sabbaths-Zehnden by the Leipzig theology stud...

It only became apparent a few years ago that the text of the soprano cantata 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht'' came from the collection Gott-geheiligten Sabbaths-Zehnden by the Leipzig theology stud...

The soprano cantata "Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht" by Johann Sebastian Bach is intended for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity, which fell on November 24, 1726 in the year of its first performance. It...

The Reformation cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80b, published by Carus-Verlag for the first time in a practical performing edition, remained unknown to Bach scholars until well into the 20t...

The first version of the Reformation cantata "Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott" BWV 80b, published for the first time in a practical edition by Carus-Verlag, remained unknown to Bach scholars until well...

For this choral cantata, Bach took the 1st, 4th and 7th verses of the chorale of the same name by Georg Neumark. The other verses, however, were mixed with free adaptations.

Der 'Actus tragicus' oder 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' BWV 106 zählt zu Bachs bekanntesten und am meisten geschätzten Werken mit bis heute ungebrochener Resonanz - ein 'Geniewerk, wie es auch...