“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: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1161982
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 634914
for: 4 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667689
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 560611
3 Notturnos
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 145454
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900319
Lyric book
Item no.: 1654055
for: Tenorsaxophon und Klavier
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 905024
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395091
for: Narrator, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano
Score
Item no.: 341328
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 558021
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 467058
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 899887
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 898793
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1542181
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1542175
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1542161
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 1542038
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 745196
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 324769
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 626128
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1010273
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1541695
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity/all occasions
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB) [SB/TB/SATB], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232836
Reprint Edition
for: Violin, guitar
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552352
for: Mixed choir (SSATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012981
for: Voice [Baritone] and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 896401
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105893
for: Concert band
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 803297
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 628129
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 875409
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361036
Oratorio
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 550957
for: Mixed choir (STTTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681856
for: Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 891966
for: baritone and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 890009
for: 6 Voices
Score
Item no.: 886983
for: 4 Singstimmen (ATTB) und Streichorchester
Study score
Item no.: 618172
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit optionaler Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 612584
for: Chor zweistimmig und Klavier; Flöte ad Libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 1627611
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 879560
Documents Sectiom 1–9
Book
Item no.: 767843
Correspondence recieved 1896-1904
Book
Item no.: 767839
for: gemischter Chor (dreistimmig)
Choir score
Item no.: 1628459
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) Flöte (opt.) und Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 1628413
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665560
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665554
for: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1540301