“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: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), concert band
Single part Organ
Item no.: 308230
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 305675
for: Strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672678
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455968
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689735
for: 2 lyras [2 treble recorders/treble recorder, oboe], 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello/double bass
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499038
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611465
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611455
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611263
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610922
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610827
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596336
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596326
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1581950
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689683
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689680
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 445331
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 445330
for: Choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1560532
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672709
for: Trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Violin (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683265
for: String orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1646569
for: Streichorchester, Streichsextett oder Violen
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1545235
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689324
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 426106
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746027
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, bassoon, violone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 659529
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797442
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 874477
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797403
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797340
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 214007
"Harmony Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185225
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170668
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143896
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171639
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170309
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 881580
Single part Viola
Item no.: 877266
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 872985
for: Baroque orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 488482
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 880294
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 876348
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 875770
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 875221
Single part Viola
Item no.: 872534
Single part Viola
Item no.: 871347
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 871099