Johann Sebastian Bach: Intermediate Sheet Music

Piano reduction after the Urtext of the New Bach Edition Soprano solo, alto solo, bass solo, mixed choir-SATB, orchestra - piano reduction

Klavierauszug nach der Neuen Bach-Ausgabe. Sopran solo, Alt solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor-SATB, Orchester - Klavierauszug

Piano reduction after the Urtext of the New Bach Edition Alt solo, tenor solo, bass solo, mixed choir-SATB, orchestra - piano reduction

Piano reduction after the Urtext of the New Bach Edition Soprano solo, alto solo, tenor solo, bass solo, mixed choir-SATB, orchestra - piano reduction

Piano reduction after the Urtext of the New Bach Edition Soprano solo, alto solo, tenor solo, bass solo, mixed choir-SATB, orchestra - piano reduction

J. S. Bach's St. Mark Passion has already undergone many attempts at reconstruction. Only the text according to Picander has survived and thus allows conclusions to be drawn about the original form of...

gemischter Chor (SSATB), Orchester

gemischter Chor (SSATB), Orchester

The edition of the Mass in B minor as part of the New Bach Edition was and is the standard for generations of musicians. The first volume of the revised new edition now presented by Uwe Wolf offers mu...

With the solemn “Dona nobis pacem” (BWV 232, 26), Johann Sebastian Bach created the deeply moving final chorus of his monumental Mass in B minor—a timeless prayer for peace of breathtaking brilliance...

The cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV 1 has become somewhat famous: With it, Bach's ambitious project of a choral cantata year came to an abrupt end on March 25, 1725 after around nine mo...

Bach composed "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" BWV 2 for the 2nd Sunday after Trinity in 1724 as the second cantata of the choral cantata year. It is based on Martin Luther's rewriting of the 12th P...

Bach composed the cantata "Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden" BWV 6 for Easter Monday in 1725. A choral cantata was actually planned for this holiday as well, but the choral cantata year breaks...

The cantata Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BWV 7 for St. John's Day (24.6.) 1724 is the third cantata of the choral cantata year begun on the 1st Sunday after Trinity (11.6.1724). It is based on Mar...

On March 2, 1714, Johann Sebastian Bach, who had previously worked as a chamber musician and organist at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, was promoted to concertmaster and commissioned to co...

The cantata O Ewigkeit, o Donnerwort BWV 20 for the 1st Sunday after Trinity 1724 marks the beginning of Bach's second Leipzig year, which will go down in history as the choral cantata year and is gen...

The present edition allows the cantata to be performed in the various scorings used by Bach. In the scoring indications for the solo parts for high voice, Bach's assignment in Leipzig is given first,...

The Leipzig council election cantata "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" from 1731 is one of Bach's cantatas in which the organ is given an obbligato role. In the introductory Sinfonia (an arrangem...

The genesis of the cantata Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten BWV 59 is somewhat enigmatic. The surviving parts attest to a performance on 1 Whitsun 1724, but the score was written well before...

The cantata "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" BWV 60 for the 24th Sunday after Trinity, which belongs to Bach's first Leipzig cycle, is one of Bach's few dialog cantatas. It deals with the conflict between...

The cantata's opening chorus is the first verse of the early church hymn "Veni redemptor gentium", which in Martin Luther's adaptation became the most important Advent hymn of the Protestant church. B...

Bach's second cantata beginning with the text "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 62 was performed on 1 Advent (the only Advent Sunday with church music in Leipzig at the time) in 1724 and belongs to t...

With its large orchestration, which was used chorally in accordance with older models, the cantata is a festive piece. In terms of its external splendor, it is at best equalled, but not surpassed, by...

The cantata Sehet, welch eine Liebe BWV 64, composed for Christmas Day 1723, is characterized by the opening chorus in the "old style" without obbligato instruments. As with the cantata Darzu ist ersc...

Bach's cantata for Epiphany (6.1.) 1724 opens with a large choral movement in the unusual orchestration of two horns, two flutes, two oboes da caccia, strings and bc. Surprising unisons characterize t...