“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.
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401067
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 143808
Original Works and Arrangements
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 634676
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 612728
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 606286
easy arragements for children's ensemble
for: Flexible ensemble (2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat), cello [double bass/bassoon], piano; percussion ad lib.)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 192416
First and upper first position
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 380378
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 471291
for: Voice (high/medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 764779
Clarinet
for: Big Band and Concert Band
Buch
Item no.: 474024
Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era 17
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 208206
Cantata for the Purification of Mary – Ich habe genung (Version for solo soprano)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (soprano), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172338
Bass Clarinet
for: Big Band and Concert Band
Buch
Item no.: 474009
Ode
for: Tenor, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867875
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669930
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 260960
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 245931
English version by P. Catty
Book (reprint)
Item no.: 140556
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318161
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975627
for: C/Bb Baritone/Euphonium BC/TC
Book, CD
Item no.: 554994
for: Flute, Viola and Bassoon
Set of parts
Item no.: 269316
for: Soprano Voice, Violin, Viola and Double Bass
Score
Item no.: 838108
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 628288
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 388444
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 138800
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1636212
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 669838
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 666988
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 962355
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 562315
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 120759
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 456924
Study book
Item no.: 769514
for: Viola
Music lesson book
Item no.: 374821
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score
Item no.: 339162
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101249
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316200
op. 89
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1557187
Opera in two files, eight pictures and an epilogue
according to the Novelle of the same name by Zofia Posmysz
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 664732
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 612163
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 318858
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 635762
for: Sopranblockflöte und Klavier
Book
Item no.: 322895
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772034
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118929
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 769464
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 191802