“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.
CD
Item no.: 669773
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 558778
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLA VIOLA SOLO
Item no.: 392801
2. Fassung 1877
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409798
from “L'Estro armonico”
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 287174
for: Piccolo-Flöte und Klavier
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 667322
Book
Item no.: 173321
for: 2 violins
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 108897
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 330347
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683416
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1562
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647748
for: Wind ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 147532
for: 4 trumpets [4 cornets]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607573
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 383111
Edition Schott
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 748849
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 636547
Score
Item no.: 328758
for: Chamber orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616163
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Parts (2)
Item no.: 200246
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409804
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 197844
for: 6 recorders (SSATTB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1335
from the music to the film "Agony" and the opera "Life with an Idiot"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 781184
(Teaching material)
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 616386
for: 2 clarinets (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 109072
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 355275
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 773325
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337599
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 397233
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 478792
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486509
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796115
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 469218
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3406
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
for: 2 violins [oboes], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2701
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1104
by G. Paisiello (from 'L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara')
for: Clarinet, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656702
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 499293
Transcription
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750203
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 624521
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 494782
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665443
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 769520
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265340
for: 4 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667314
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 208880