“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.
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 487064
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796116
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418474
for: Violin
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 339836
op. 5 / op. 47
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 780131
Edition Schott
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739639
for: Clarinet (B-flat), horn (F) [cello], piano
Piano score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3694
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1074
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
Kompletter Satz Bläser- und Schlagzeugstimmen
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 677771
for: Harp, piano
Item no.: 558443
for flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat and bassoon
for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette in B und Fagott
Set of parts
Item no.: 748163
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 139467
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673693
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101235
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1136633
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 380900
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 159544
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582668
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1724
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century No. 15
for: 3-4 melodic instruments, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 297380
for: Piano, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 348387
for: Guitar, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 393761
London, B1 Bs. Add. 31501, II-III
Tastata – Opere d'intavolatura d'organo e cimbalo
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 773422
Reduced Version
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 174025
for: Flute, violin, guitar
Item no.: 130102
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score, online audio
Item no.: 100107
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 551801
for: 2 classical guitars
Set of parts
Item no.: 694886
for: Chamber ensemble
13 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695300
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486536
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661684
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1479710
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score (anthology), online media
Item no.: 618508
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 359702
for: Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596882
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265341
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383272
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 129058
for: Flute, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 475836
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582645
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 376847
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 374447
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; double bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 446152
Revised version (1903-1904, rev. 1905)
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 732549
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 168053
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 129591
für Flöte (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Flute
Item no.: 359797
for: Accordion
Item no.: 604286