“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.
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
– Graduated prizes on request –
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205755
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 618714
irisches Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 680822
Music from "Rondo alla Turca"
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745905
Helbling Choral Concert Series (HCCS)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577681
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 1653728
for: Singstimme (S), Streicher, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 279303
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 681497
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957019
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 617959
for: TTBB and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 442773
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1326797
for: Trombone BC/TC
Book, CD
Item no.: 481948
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1213276
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 864805
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1655253
for: SATB and Piano/Orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1343142
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746035
for: Klavier und Gesang, Gitarre ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 741221
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612440
for: Piano, Voice, High Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1613140
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612813
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612179
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034562
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3206
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3203
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3114
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 587473
for: Recorder Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 392711
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561502
Arranged for choir and organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 606518
for: Soli, Kinderchor, Sprecher und kleines Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 180855
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235818
for: für Chor SATB und Orgel
Item no.: 180513
for: Voice (soprano), basso continuo
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 586105
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 311759
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 691688
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 691686
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 767650
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771068
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 552536
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317779
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1559611
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 663411
Nine Carols for Mixed Chorus (SAM) and Organ (Piano)
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 677065
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 982923
Organ Settings of the Music of Vaughan Williams and Holst
for: Organ, 3 Staff
Book
Item no.: 1343176
Kantate
Piano reduction
Item no.: 442933