“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: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 762847
for: 3 soloists (SSB), mixed choir (SATB), cornett, 3 trombones, strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5847
from Cantata 208: Was mir behagt
Symphonic Transcrption
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 380529
Sonatas / Trios / Concertos
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition), online media
Item no.: 561478
Edition for Violoncello and Piano
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 331283
for: Alto saxophone, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2810
for: Voice (medium), piano
[englisch]
Item no.: 120680
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116798
The Best Pieces
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 212602
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 300760
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 2
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 176575
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 178117
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123406
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 191719
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 162072
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 630406
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 576999
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116769
authentic alternative flute part (instead of violin) available separately as HN 1297
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776879
for: Recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 330372
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 108805
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617092
for Mozart's Concerto in C major (KV 299)
for flute and harp
for: Flute, harp
Music score
Item no.: 336910
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 160619
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 144917
for: Organ
Item no.: 200084
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 108740
for: für Klavier zu 4 Händen
Item no.: 112816
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 367354
fpr oboe and piano
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 300815
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 296594
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 401578
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 688644
The Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr, in its traditional form
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674935
for: ABFL OB VL BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 206090
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 273247
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1665540
Starry Sky Cycle No. 1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 344569
Series: Richard Strauss Works – Critical Edition (RSW) 5
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 773524
for: Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169729
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693638
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 605430
pour contrebasse et piano (original pour arpeggione et piano)
Collection Richard Dubugnon
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664026
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392499
for: 2 flutes [flute, violin], cello (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 278023
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 342706
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 215480
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Score
Item no.: 228501