“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: Frauenchor: SSA, SAA
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 115292
for: Alt solo, Violine solo, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 115223
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 115189
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115139
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115059
"Reformation Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476482
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460659
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 329609
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158672
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 155040
Single part Viola
Item no.: 881494
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 875615
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769161
for: Piano, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696475
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696473
for: Flöten (2), Alt-Flöte, Piccoloflöte, Oboen (2), Englischhorn, Klarinetten (2), Bass-Klarinette, Fagotte (2), Kfag, Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Tuba, Pauke, Becken (4), Schlagzeuge (2), Harfe, Streicher (Violine solo, Viola solo, Cello solo, 1. Violine, 2. Violine, Viola, Cello, Kontrabass)
Study score
Item no.: 878042
Three symphonic sketches
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 778489
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768179
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673898
for: 4 voices (SATB) [mixed choir], strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638531
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681516
from L'Estro Armonico
RV 567 / PV 249
for: 4 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624668
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 337515
Autumn
for: Violin solo, string orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693032
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648891
for: Viola
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 612279
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 467947
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 346566
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 333578
Oratorio for Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
New edition based on original sources (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 194525
Oratorio for Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
New edition based on original sources (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 194523
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 183003
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1557482
for: Baroque orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643267
for: Harpsichord, flute, violin, strings, basso continuo
Violin ripieno / tutti (orchestral part)
Item no.: 302004
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 644720
Single part Viola
Item no.: 372759
for: Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor, Kammerorchester
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196820
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 190563
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 190561
for: Streichorchester, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 123340
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Item no.: 378450
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 1696477
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir part Soprano 1
Item no.: 668845
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781321
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 581241
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679434
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679433