“Where words fail, music speaks.” Hans Christian Andersen, Danish Author
What do we mean by “Classical Music”? There are classics in every artistic discipline, and music is no exception. Here at Stretta, you can find sheet music and scores from all periods of music history, and all musical forms! If you would like to know more about the meaning and origin of the term “Classical Music”, click here:
The term classical music, in a broader sense, separates what is often called “Serious Music” from Music for Entertainment and Folk Music . Classical music encompasses all periods of modern history, driven by Western composers from the Medieval Period, through the Baroque and Romantic Periods, to the modern classical music of today.
In a more narrow sense, The Classical Period means the historical period of classical music from around 1750 to 1800. It was a long period of musical development, from “Pre-Classical”, to “ Musical Sensibility”, through to “Music of the Enlightenment”. Baroque tonality continued to develop and transform, and became more complex, perfectly demonstrated through the music of the three“ Viennese Classics” Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. There was a departure from figured bass and counterpoint, and a move towards clearly defined melody and accompaniment. Many important musical works, such as the symphony and the string quartet developed, and really came into their own in the classical period, and classical music itself also began to be more and more accessible, moving out of the court and church, and into the public eye.
In Ancient Rome, the term “classicus” was reserved for a citizen in the highest tax bracket. In a figurative sense, something exemplary or immaculate is called ’classic’, a good literary example being the ’Weimar Classics’ of Schiller and Goethe. One of the highest of accolades, being named a ’classic’, is almost always awarded posthumously, an artist is very rarely referred to as a ’classic’ during their lifetime.
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 273622
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 656967
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 129294
for: Oboe [flute/clarinet (B-flat)/violin], cello [viola/bassoon/clarinet (B-flat)], piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5249
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 101002
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193055
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116759
for: Violin, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 619835
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Viola da gamba [cello], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298884
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116793
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 341454
Second Version with two Clarinets
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116466
for solos, choir, orchestra and organ
reduction for song and organ by the author
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 147125
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 291867
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582644
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 169640
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360592
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401460
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197618
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 566164
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1317297
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 152781
for: Violin, horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 133706
Impromptu
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 761499
Musique de brasserie
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 748393
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 731386
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1209476
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 112575
A sonata for two clarinets - one in Bb and one in A.
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 279855
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4071
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2034
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 283745
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 550457
(from Préludes, Op. 28, No. 15)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741369
for: 2 saxophones (AT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 348466
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675547
A text-critical edition “based on the sources” of this work which was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 177713
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374531
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 309033
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 151813
Nach Autographen und Erstausgaben
Band 1 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 125028
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 164474
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 143758
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 765579
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 120780
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 153556
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1349755
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 586545