“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: Mezzosopran solo, Bariton solo, Klavier, Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Klavier
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 883426
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 873189
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 778707
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 778704
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 332549
for: Strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228654
for: String orchestra, basso continuo; winds ad lib.
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228649
for: String orchestra, basso continuo; winds ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228647
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215818
Oratorio for Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
New edition based on original sources (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 148859
for: A, Orgel
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 880925
for: Violin, viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 880168
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 879060
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 876733
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874924
for: 3. Trompete
Stimme
Item no.: 874908
for: 1. Trompete
Stimme
Item no.: 874839
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 873699
for: Gemischter Chor, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 871725
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 196481
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 196466
– Copy on request –
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 196263
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 196255
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 196127
for: Sopran-Blockflöten (2), Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 195803
for: Frauenchor (SA)
Choir score
Item no.: 114876
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 114798
for: Sopran solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 114779
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114778
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115603
Motette Nr. 4 aus "Israelsbrünnlein" (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115516
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115422
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 115420
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115408
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115344
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115343
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115341
for: Tenor solo, Klavier
Singpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 115332
for: Frauenchor: SSA, SAA
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 115292
for: Alt solo, Violine solo, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 115223
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 115189
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115139
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115059
"Reformation Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476482
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460659
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 329609
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158672
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 155040