“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: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1201
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389149
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344072
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 245469
Edition for Clarinet and Piano
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 379411
for: Cello, concert band
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 136987
for Piano and Clarinet
Version for Violoncello
with marked and unmarked string parts
Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401401
for: Cello
Item no.: 124388
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 362802
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 364989
Versions 1913 and 1931
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679499
Reprint von 1873
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 242699
für zwei Dessus (Blockflöten/Violinen) und Basso continuo (Bc ausgesetzt)
Band 2
for: 2 recorders [violins], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675542
for: Voice, cello, piano
Item no.: 478746
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198921
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 253479
Edition Schott
for: Violine, Horn (F/B) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 736360
40 Progressive Duets for Flutes
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 485996
for: 2 voices (sbar), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1544
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620062
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1640578
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1629789
for: Violin [viola], piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 466796
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3291
for: Drum kit
Music score
Item no.: 330013
60 Progressive Duets for Flutes
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 482777
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 192193
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283826
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 178094
G 506
'La Casa del Diavolo'
Doblinger's Classical Music Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 282669
for: Piano
Item no.: 381846
for: Treble recorder
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117697
for: Orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280821
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 646095
Flötenkonzert, Klavierauszug vom Komponisten (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 185165
Auswahl. Nach Autografen und Erstdrucken (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125057
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 105774
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 211618
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 668329
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 662052
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 113707
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401529
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 586200
for: Mixed choir (SATB), guitar
Choir score
Item no.: 428581
Operetta in three actes
Allowed reprint (1906, Doblinger, Wien)
spiral-bound
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1203304
Schott Trumpet Classics
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 737199
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 602944
for clarinet solo
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 216815