“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: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582345
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676275
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676274
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Basso continuo
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1160703
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Basso continuo
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1160698
Musikalische Exequien III SWV 281
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160511
O how fair are all thy dwellings
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1136826
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (smezttbarb), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1136815
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (smezttbarb), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1136813
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Part 4
Item no.: 1136679
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1121065
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1121062
vierchöriges geistliches Konzert
for: 4 mixed choirs, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1108924
vierchöriges geistliches Konzert
for: 4 mixed choirs, orchestra
Instrumental part
Item no.: 1108918
vierchöriges geistliches Konzert
for: 4 mixed choirs, orchestra
Instrumental part
Item no.: 1108916
Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu. Evangeliendialog. Aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
gleicher Notentext wie Ave Maria SWV 334
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231805
aus: Psalmen Davids
Motette
for: Favorit choir (SMezT, SMezAT, AT, ATBarB), chapell choir (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 231755
aus: Psalmen Davids
Motette
for: Favorit choir (SMezT, SMezAT, AT, ATBarB), chapell choir (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231749
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231735
for: 2 violas
Single part(n)
Item no.: 229911
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229763
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 262343
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 642967
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 641991
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 641965
for: Strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668630
Print on demand
Music for String Ensemble
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 674610
für 9 Singstimmen und 9 Instrumente bearbeitet. Versch. Kürzungen, Gesamtdauer inkl. Pause 110 Min., originaler Notentext weitgehend erhalten.
for: Children's choir, 9 instruments
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235892
HWV 322
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Single part violin 2 solo
Item no.: 493361
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587200
'Creation Mass'
Urtext of the Joseph-Haydn Complete Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 159771
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420354
Faksimileausgabe
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420133
for: Small wind band
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 335086
for: TBFL 2
Single part(n)
Item no.: 173429
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 155298
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 146954
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 144649
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143539
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 561612
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 561605
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 159337
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 175934
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 175929
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455926
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455924
D 461
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237979
for organ and orchestra, 1893 – 94
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Horn 3
Item no.: 237562