“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.
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289320
for: Voice [choir], organ [harmonium]
Score
Item no.: 107559
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 108789
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 301277
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 105772
Two and Three Part Inventions
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471312
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1485
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582673
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260582
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 295827
for: Recorder, piano
Book
Item no.: 493227
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582647
for: Clarinet (A) [basset clarinet], orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116514
Flute (Technik) (Technique)
for: Flute
Item no.: 215358
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 432030
for: Accordion
Score
Item no.: 258093
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 141819
for string quartet (2004/2006)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 462069
Volume 1: Femmes de Légende
Edition in eleven volumes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 369081
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582652
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 431698
First impression of the secon edition of the year 1769 in modern type and orthography
Preface by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
for: Violin
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 677098
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 498364
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 150661
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 419557
for: Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 172888
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 279909
Including first publication of two further settings
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 198547
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669837
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1558553
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 137932
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 645983
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685909
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 154205
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 311702
for: Viola [violin], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 690325
for: Flute [violin], cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 677576
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/alto), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1365
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401362
2Second Version (1878) with the 1880 Finale
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 337522
for two pianos
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 197736
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344829
arranged for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 686961
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 612622
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 365523
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 491195
for: Trumpet in D, organ [piano]
Organ score, solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 5604