“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 (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965461
for: SATB and opt. Violin
Choir score
Item no.: 965296
for: Symphonic orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 965244
for: Trompete in C/B/Es, Orgel
FASSUNG B-DUR
Item no.: 131725
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1634928
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 144055
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 238297
for: SATB and Chamber Orchestra
Book
Item no.: 479245
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 153668
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 578385
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240063
for: Voice (bass), piano; 2 voices (high) ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 199986
für eine Singstimme und Orgel
for: Voice (high), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 241750
Gesamtausgabe 6 (Complete edition)
for: Women's choir, organ [piano]
Item no.: 187401
for: SATB and Organ or Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862166
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 865517
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 460519
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1670657
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 475879
for: Kinderchor, Klavier vierhändig
Score
Item no.: 127912
Offertoires, Elévations, Communions, etc.
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 729577
Christmas Motet
for: Soli (SAT/SAA) und 3 Blockflöten (SST/STT/SAT)
Score
Item no.: 729197
from: Magnificat
for: 2 gemischte Chöre (SSAATBB/SAATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 728060
op. 52/6
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726042
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732944
Part 3: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Psalm, 6 Hymn cycles, 9 Magnificat cycles, 2 Modi ludendi pleno organo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 743940
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748898
Gallop
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 734171
for: Soloist, mixed choir, cello, organ
Choir score, Solo part
Item no.: 1664989
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1633431
for: Soli (SSATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Flöten, Streicher, Basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 756476
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Sopran solo, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 755976
No. 4: Virga Jesse floruit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 761324
for: Chöre (SATB/SAB/SSA/TTBB) a cappella oder mit Klavierbegleitung
Music score
Item no.: 761205
for: Alto- / Baritone Saxophone
Book, CD
Item no.: 242778
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 565846
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 298435
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554550
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1589357
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1553533
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554215
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677934
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 202029
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014640
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751405
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730719
aus dem "Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline" (1737) (Tod und Ewigkeit)
for: 3-stimmiger gemischter Chor (SABar) a cappella und Orgel
Music score
Item no.: 730074
for: gleiche Stimmen (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 742592