“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.
Schott Archive
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747742
from "Theodora", HWV 68
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 747734
Ausgewählte Gesänge
for: Männerstimme (hohe Stimmlage) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte
Music score
Item no.: 747672
Rezitativ und Arie der Königin der Nacht
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 747608
im Stile von Jean-Baptiste Cartier
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747546
Vorspiel
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 747539
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759372
op. 90/1
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759363
Etude
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759139
from the ballet "Joan von Zarissa"
for: gemischter Chor (SSSAATTTBB)
Chorpartitur mit Klavierauszug
Item no.: 759052
from: J. K. Mertz, Guitar Method
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 759032
2nd movement from: Symphony No. 4 A major „Italian", op. 90
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 758695
No. 4 for piano in Tchaikovsky's own arrangement for cello and string orchestra
for: Cello, orchestra
Stimmensatz 2 Flöten 1/2, 2 Oboe 1/2, Klarinette 1, Klarinette 2, Fagott 1, Fagott 2, Horn 1, Horn 2, Violoncello solo, 6 Violine 1, 6 Violine 2, 5 Viola, 4 Violoncello, 3 Kontrabass
Item no.: 758651
Homenaje a Pablo Sorozábal
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 758581
Edition Schott
for: Alt- oder Tenor-Blockflöte
Music score
Item no.: 749691
Edition Schott
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 749685
Edition Schott
for: Alt-Blockflöte, Violine und Basso continuo (Klavier, Cembalo.); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 749650
Edition Schott
for: 2 Alt-Blockflöten und Basso continuo; Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 749640
Suite No. 2 C major
for: 2 Alt-Blockflöten und Basso continuo; Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 749638
Suite No. 1 C major
for: 2 Alt-Blockflöten und Basso continuo; Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 749637
Edition Schott
for: Alt-Blockflöte (Flöte, Oboe, Violine), Violine und Basso continuo; Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 749619
Edition Schott
for: Alt-Blockflöte (Violine, Oboe, Flöte) und Basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 749615
Divertissement
for: Sopran- (Alt/Tenor) Blockflöte oder Violine/Oboe/Flöte und Basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 749606
from Op. 7
for: Oboe (Violine, Flöte) und Basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 749578
Edition Schott
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749504
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749463
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749422
Edition Schott
for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749420
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749406
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749401
Edition Schott
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 749396
Edition Schott
for: 3 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 749385
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749384
Edition Schott
for: 2 Flöten und Basso continuo; Violoncello ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 749343
from "Neuen Sonatinen"
for: Fagott (Violoncello) und Basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 749340
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchester mit Chor (ad libitum)
Study score
Item no.: 749318
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 749307
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 749299
King of Heaven, ever welcome
for: 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 749279
I will my cross-staff gladly carry
for: Bass, Chor und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 749277
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749249
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749204
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749201
"London No. 6"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749185
12 Pieces and Carols
for: 1 oder 2 Sopran-Blockflöten
Music score
Item no.: 748648
A Minor
for: Violoncello (Viola, Flöte) und Gitarre
Solostimme Flöte
Item no.: 748587
Dushkin Transcriptions
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 748554
Little fantasy for double bass and wind instruments of the serenade from "Don Giovanni"
for: Kontrabass, 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, Fagott, Kontrafagott und 2 Hörner
Set of parts
Item no.: 748548