“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.
from the music to the film "Agony" and the opera "Life with an Idiot"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 781184
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685909
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 311702
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 154205
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344829
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401362
for: Chamber orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616163
for two pianos
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 197736
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score
Item no.: 111892
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano
Item no.: 212548
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 491195
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663410
for Violin solo
Edited from the souce – Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665570
Camera flauto Amadeus 122
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 186378
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582648
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561233
for: Trumpet in D, organ [piano]
Organ score, solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 5604
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 157262
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 279910
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664057
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 186622
Edition Schott
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Music score
Item no.: 729706
Urtext Edition, clothbound
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1640744
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 612001
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1530198
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 282743
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 107227
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 388738
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017726
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 335489
for: Accordion
Item no.: 223220
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 198981
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 303488
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1479710
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 337933
A practical and easily accesible edition of suitable test pieces for Orchestral auditions for Bassoon.
for: Bassoon
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 382999
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 214559
for: Celli (2), Klavier (Orgel)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640308
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 116561
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 658857
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155616
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 226914
for: Flute, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 475836
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401359
Exerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire
for: Viola
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 353890
Edition includes both solo parts
for: Clarinet [viola], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 431030
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 359702
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 282741