“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.
Original text
for: 2 violins, 2 cellos, orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580866
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 493931
for: Baroque orchestra
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 488485
for: Cello, piano
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 459215
for: 2 flutese, string orchestra, basso continuo
Flute 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 459204
Tafelmusik I
TWV 53:A2
Urtext of the Telemann Edition
for: Flute, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 347745
(Urtext)
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Harpsichord (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345407
Original text
for: 2 violins, 2 cellos, orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342777
(Urtext)
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 331883
(Urtext)
for: Strings, basso continuo
Cello [Basso continuo] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 261562
(Urtext)
for: Strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 261561
for: Baroque orchestra
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 214505
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116166
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 115651
for: Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 115621
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115618
for: Flöten (2), Cembalo, Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 115479
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115410
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115385
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 882175
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874793
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 872843
for: Basso continuo
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 484981
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 472550
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 459163
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 873232
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 871232
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 869903
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part Tenor recorder
Item no.: 672696
Easter Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 378005
for three Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo
for: Baroque orchestra
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 373002
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 261805
for: Gemischter Chor (SAB), Blechbläser ad libitum
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 115832
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115765
Overture
1828 / 1834
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 583850
"Reformation Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476487
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476476
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 348558
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 336594
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 336585
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 276528
for: Harpsichord
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 882626
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 879319
for: Cello solo, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 872462
for: Ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 871811
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 869897
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 692603
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631731