“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: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236764
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234923
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234033
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Bassoon (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233911
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233713
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233596
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233528
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233432
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 586502
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235074
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233761
(nach BWV 99/125/115)
for: Flute, oboe d'amore, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460283
(nach BWV 99/125/115)
for: Flute, oboe d'amore, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460285
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230077
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 230030
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230002
for: Voice (soprano/tenor), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229901
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229743
Cantata for harvest festivals (Tempore Messis) and other festivals of thanksgiving
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 206718
Coffee Cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (STB), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691351
Wedding Cantata – Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 678601
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part(n)
Item no.: 678075
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Part 2 (violin / flute / oboe)
Item no.: 678074
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238146
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235741
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234583
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234380
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234176
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230179
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229993
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235815
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234634
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797225
Cantata for 24th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769266
for: Harpsichord, strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648594
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238124
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421975
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237492
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237441
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237359
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, organ
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237217
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236495
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 236486
Fragment, completed by Maximilian Stadler
KV 323, 1790 (terminus post quem)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817068
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 351032
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237149
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236256
Chorale cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235795