“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: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 279910
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 186622
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664057
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 335489
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
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for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 612001
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 184773
Urtext Edition, clothbound
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
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for: Viola
Music score
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for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 388738
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
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for: Accordion
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 198981
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1479710
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401359
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 226914
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 359702
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 116561
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 282741
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289320
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 214559
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101235
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 303488
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 335298
Exerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire
for: Viola
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 353890
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155616
A practical and easily accesible edition of suitable test pieces for Orchestral auditions for Bassoon.
for: Bassoon
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 382999
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1343710
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 670548
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272482
for: Trumpet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1565518
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
for: Piano
Item no.: 298819
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 656967
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197618
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1703
Second Version with two Clarinets
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116466
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579887
for solos, choir, orchestra and organ
reduction for song and organ by the author
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 147125
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 120780
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Score
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for: Flute, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 228791
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 101277
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 656441
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 112575
for: Classical guitar
Music score
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