“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: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, solo part
Item no.: 200596
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3406
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
for: 2 violins [oboes], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2701
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1104
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 492350
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613114
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 664506
for: Alphorn (G-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271633
by G. Paisiello (from 'L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara')
for: Clarinet, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656702
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 205614
Three Poems
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635028
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Study score
Item no.: 208220
for Alto Saxophone
Collection Vincent David
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Single edition
Item no.: 684958
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 364090
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 164106
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 769520
Bärenreiter Urtext
with Fingerings
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172511
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 283806
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163190
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641980
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 499293
7 variations on the duet "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from the Opera "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 248021
for: Piano
Item no.: 609735
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265340
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 257310
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 216438
For Alto Recorder & Keyboard
Volume II: Sonatas 3-4
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 462626
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 404436
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 300923
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630393
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 655551
Concerto after old folksongs
Edition Schott
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 288094
for: Violin, viola
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116507
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552161
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696043
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 208880
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201333
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 121376
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378814
Dramma giocoso in two acts KV 588
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116427
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229011
for: Piano
Item no.: 285717
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464269
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 288600
Including Suite de Clavecin by Christian Petzold
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 194732
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 627127
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 290017