“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 orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196857
His most beautiful piano pieces in a collection
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 682566
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612267
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 467135
Symphony cantata MWV A 18
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1641236
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551928
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 607437
für Gesang und Klavier
aus "The Tempest", "Twelfth Night" und "Midsummer Night's Dream"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 683724
for: Viola, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 477627
for: Flute, piano
Book
Item no.: 238637
Art and Technique
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100810
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 605511
for: Guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 611177
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199409
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
for: Voice (soprano), violin, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 556727
Organ Improvisation
for: Organ
Music lesson book
Item no.: 239919
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 658734
for: Organ
Book and music score
Item no.: 237869
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635248
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316206
Level Two
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 303422
Lyric to Full Soprano
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 764978
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 631181
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201324
for: Organ
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1215729
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 176056
Collection Quintette Moragues
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 150163
for: Organ
Item no.: 154236
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 397704
for: 2 treble recorders, basso continuo
Item no.: 200403
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 194575
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 297096
A Collection of new Dance-rhythms
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759181
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612144
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 585815
for: 2 melodic instruments (C), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340386
for: Flute, cello, piano
Item no.: 359501
for: 2 trumpets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4558
for: Voice (high), melody instrument, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 444380
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass (septet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 690317
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416704
for: 2 pianos
Piano score
Item no.: 378356
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388499
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 217812
CD
Item no.: 669773
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 558778