Classical Music (Baroque) Sheet Music for Mixed Choir (SATB) and Continuo

In 1739, Handel set the text of the cecilia ode to music for the second time after "Alexander's Feast" in 1736. "Song for St Cecilia's Day" was then also combined with "Alexander's Feast" at the premi...

Thanks to its popular choral text, Bach's choral cantata "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren" BWV 137 has long been one of the St. Thomas cantor's most frequently performed works. Unlike t...

Following upon 'Alexander's Feast' (1736), in 1739 Handel produced a second setting of the 'Ode to St Cecilia' ('Song for St Cecilia's Day'). At its première it was combined with 'Alexander's Feast'....

Following upon 'Alexander's Feast' (1736), in 1739 Handel produced a second setting of the 'Ode to St Cecilia' ('Song for St Cecilia's Day'). At its première it was combined with 'Alexander's Feast'....

The six-movement cantata is based on the song of the same name by Ahasverus Fritsch, which was first recorded in the Darmstadt songbook in 1698. It is therefore one of the choral cantatas that use a h...

The cantata "Erforsche mich Gott und erfahre mein Herz" BWV 136 was composed during Bach's first year in office as Thomaskantor in Leipzig and was premiered on the 8th Sunday after Trinity, July 18, 1...

Neben der h-Moll-Messe existieren von Bach bekanntlich vier weitere, kleinere Messkompositionen, die sog. Lutherischen oder Kyrie-Gloria-Messen. Trotz ihrer hohen musikalischen Qualitäten, stehen sie...

In addition to the Mass in B minor, Bach is known to have composed four other, smaller masses, the so-called Lutheran or Kyrie Gloria masses. Despite their high musical qualities, they are often overs...

The two Magnificat compositions (C major, ZWV 107; D major, ZWV 108) are part of Zelenka's collection of well over 30 psalm and Magnificat settings for the Dresden Vespers services. In contrast to the...

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...

Bach's cantata "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben" BWV 169 comes from the third Leipzig cantata cycle; it was first performed on October 20, 1726 on the 18th Sunday after Trinity. Recent research has...

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...

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...

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...

'Gott ist unsre Zuversicht' BWV 197 was probably written in the second half of the 1730s for a wedding, no further details of which are known. In the opening chorus in particular, it features quite a...

'Gott ist unsre Zuversicht' BWV 197 was probably written in the second half of the 1730s for a wedding, no further details of which are known. In the opening chorus in particular, it features quite a...

Gott ist unsre Zuversicht BWV 197 was probably composed in the second half of the 1730s for an unknown wedding ceremony and features an impressive orchestra, especially in the opening chorus. The text...

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 festive composition with its large orchestration for the time was performed for the first time on June 29, 1751 on the occasion of the consecration of the new Catholic Court Church in Dresden.

The popular motet "Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles" is one of the great mysteries of Bach research. A lot of things don't fit together and the sources - all from the 19th century - are of little help...

The previous first-edition editions of Caldara's works by Butz Verlag have met with a great response and have aroused curiosity about the as yet unpublished treasures from the pen of this cosmopolitan...

Bach chose an unconventional beginning for his nine-movement cantata 'Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind' BWV 153, which he composed in his first year as Kantor of St. Thomas's for the Sunday after N...