“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: Guitar
Item no.: 113177
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374531
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 475489
(from Préludes, Op. 28, No. 15)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741369
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 466264
without fingering
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: 2 saxophones (AT)
Ensemble score
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for: Drum kit
Music score
Item no.: 443521
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 151813
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 309033
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 108677
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Guitar, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392542
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 120388
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283701
for: Voice (soprano), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 4034
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 153556
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 672403
for Percussion solo
for: Percussion
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1017119
for: Organ
Item no.: 314361
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 365514
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 659694
for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding), online playback
Item no.: 1023447
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 154233
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 762847
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 2
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 176575
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754044
for piano to 4 hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 732602
for: Voice (high), strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5603
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 583370
for: Organ
Item no.: 201969
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 100752
for: Clarinet, violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279856
for: Youth symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675197
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 583134
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 279215
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1676675
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 108740
Edition for Violoncello and Piano
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 331283
from Cantata 208: Was mir behagt
Symphonic Transcrption
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 380529
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460666
for: Violin, string orchestra
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 646937
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 745563
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 614900
for: Recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 330372
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 181486
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 630406
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688644
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123406