Baroque Sheet Music: Explore the Classics of a Golden Era

The three great motets Quam dilecta, In convertendo and Deus noster refugium, which Jean-Philippe Rameau composed between 1713 and 1715, have remained relatively unknown to this day. And yet these mot...

What does Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" have to do with Hercules? More than you might think at first glance. In the summer of 1733, the eleventh birthday of the Saxon Elector Friedrich Christian on 5 Se...

Although Bach's Mass in B minor is one of the most frequently performed works by the Cantor of St. Thomas's, it is full of puzzles and problems. This applies not only to the question, still unanswered...

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80 (CV31080-00) is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's most frequently-performed cantatas. But the well-known form of the work, with its great opening chorale chorus, repr...

Great Baroque church music full of color and powerful imagery! 'Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing, rejoice and praise his holy name with the trumpets and cornetts! And nature shall join in, the seas s...

Johann Michael Haydn's masses are masterpieces of their genre and were extremely popular during his lifetime, as the large number of copies shows. This also applies to the Missa Sancti Dominici, which...

Bring one of the most sublime classics in music history to your stage: George Frideric Handel's world-famous "Largo from Xerxes" enchants listeners across generations with its timeless elegance and pr...

Bring one of the most sublime classics in music history to your stage: George Frideric Handel's world-famous "Largo from Xerxes" enchants listeners across generations with its timeless elegance and pr...

Bring festive brilliance to your holiday concert with this exhilarating arrangement of the beloved classic "Joy to the World," published by Excelcia Music Publishing. Scored for mixed choir (SATB) and...

Starting with an understated first verse then moving into the "bell" section over the melody in the second verse and concluding with a triumphant ending. A great closer for your Christmas program.

Classic Bach in the hands of master arranger Russell Robinson means this setting will sound as full and rich as the original, but it will be accessible to three-part choirs in a very sing-able way. Th...

This is an up-tempo medley of two of G.F. Handel’s most famous pieces, Joy to the World and For Unto us a Child Is Born. Excelcia Music Publishing is proud to present this stunning arrangement by Jame...

This is an up-tempo medley of two of G.F. Handel's most famous pieces, Joy to the World and For Unto us a Child Is Born. Excelcia Music Publishing is proud to present this stunning arrangement by Jame...

Art Thou Troubled' ist ein Lied, das die heilenden Kräfte der Musik anpreist. So ist sie der 'Quell der Freude' und wird alle 'Traurigkeit heilen', da sie uns mit 'göttlicher Stimme' ruft. Die lieblic...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) first set the text of the Magnificat, BWV 243, in 1723 after taking up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, but in the key of E-flat. This original version (cataloged...

The most famous of several Vivaldi works entitled Gloria (RV 589), this edition by Clayton Westermann includes a short preface to explain performance practice. Of the three recorded Glorias Vivaldi wr...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his CANTATA NO. 10: MEINE SEEL ERHEBT DEN HERREN, BWV 10 in 1724 as part of his second cantata cycle since becoming Kantor at St. Thomas the previous year. B...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his CANTATA NO. 10: MEINE SEEL ERHEBT DEN HERREN, BWV 10 in 1724 as part of his second cantata cycle since becoming Kantor at St. Thomas the previous year. B...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his CANTATA NO. 10: MEINE SEEL ERHEBT DEN HERREN, BWV 10 in 1724 as part of his second cantata cycle since becoming Kantor at St. Thomas the previous year. B...

The CHANDOS ANTHEMS, HWV 246-256, are a collection of eleven anthems composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) when he was composer in residence at Cannons, the court of James Brydges, newly the...

The CHANDOS ANTHEMS, HWV 246-256, are a collection of eleven anthems composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) when he was composer in residence at Cannons, the court of James Brydges, newly the...

The CHANDOS ANTHEMS, HWV 246-256, are a collection of eleven anthems composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) when he was composer in residence at Cannons, the court of James Brydges, newly the...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed his MOTET No. 1: SINGET DEM HERRN EIN NEUES LIED (Sing unto the Lord a new song), BWV 225 around 1727, and it was likely performed also in that year. In thre...