“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: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996255
for: Concert Band and Trumpet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996251
"Spring Symphony"
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1670471
Violinkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1678337
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1703116
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Music score
Item no.: 1043781
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1110681
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 874827
for: Tenorsaxophon und Klavier
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 873846
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 926241
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 865178
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 864381
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare/Brass Band
Score
Item no.: 890790
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare/Brass Band
Score
Item no.: 870206
for: Woodwind Sextet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 866030
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 884282
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 883724
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 878041
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 876691
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 875178
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 873719
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 873413
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 870455
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 864638
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 889386
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894538
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 889427
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 880760
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 875817
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1005514
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1005302
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966238
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 965848
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 850528
for: Streichtrio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 962960
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 965210
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 965199
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965190
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 965148
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 965144
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 965049
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 318746
for: Percussion and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 316079
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002594
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1004006
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1003768