“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: Cello, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444368
for: Cello, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444366
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425803
for orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 312614
for: Women's choir (SSA), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296530
Psalm 100 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 294556
for: Brass ensemble, organ
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 496730
"Coffee Cantata"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 voices (STB), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444407
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746235
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Orchestra part cello piccolo
Item no.: 659875
Arrangement for Soloists, Choir and Chamber Orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 642258
"Scottish"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 551953
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497996
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 116374
for: Bariton solo, Orgel
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 116243
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 880501
for: Handtrommel
Stimme
Item no.: 879025
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 878432
for: Descant recorder
Stimme
Item no.: 878058
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 874502
for: Sopran-Blockflöte, Alt-Blockflöte
Stimme
Item no.: 874342
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 872272
for: 1. Trompete, 22
Stimme
Item no.: 871486
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 869455
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 869052
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 621047
for: Baroque orchestra
Single part Trumpet (D)
Item no.: 488488
for: 3 violins, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1 solo
Item no.: 369100
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 349152
Tafelmusik I
TWV 53:A2
Urtext of the Telemann Edition
for: Flute, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 347747
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 346221
for: Cello, Basso continuo
Stimme
Item no.: 241361
for: Soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215020
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 881595
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 881067
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 880776
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 878505
for: Organ
Gesamtausgabe, Spielpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 878490
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 877253
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 875652
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 872228
for: Organ
Gesamtausgabe, Spielpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 871925
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 871587
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 462132
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444007
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 868968
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678714
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 658612