“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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 931357
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934137
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928889
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 943866
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 935447
for: SATB or SSAATTBB with M,S,T,Bar Soli
Book
Item no.: 906357
for: SATB with SATB or B Soli
Book
Item no.: 906283
for: SATB with TB Soli
Book
Item no.: 906001
Marsch
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1066494
Misc
for: Viola
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204346
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848887
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 374098
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678393
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678336
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, CD
Item no.: 498470
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 695365
for: Horn; piano ad lib.
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 198807
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 332601
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 462956
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 494728
for: Voices
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 931269
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768938
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 465801
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 930745
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930291
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score, set of parts (strings)
Item no.: 929277
Set of parts
Item no.: 769251
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 929310
for: Flute, Saxophone, Percussion and Guitar
Set of parts
Item no.: 836807
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 836888
Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte 71
for: Wind instrument(s) from the baroque / classic
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 487351
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 371932
for: Mixed choir (5–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 327921
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 931112
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 771410
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 770817
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 478212
Tragedia lirica in due atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 696714
Hymne für Sopran, Chor (SATB) und Orchester MWV B 49
in zwei Fassungen
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 601961
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSAT, ATBarB), double bass, organ; mixed choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 423319
for: 3 voices (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422095
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 433232
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234188
from : Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SMezATBB), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231955
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 190735
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, baritone horn, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1107081
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1106873
for: Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1106870