“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: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229317
"The Surprise"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280725
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 162275
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 432907
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 146870
for: 2 alto recorders, 2 flutes, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 122113
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1632096
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 162448
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 278821
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 187643
for: für Orchester
Score
Item no.: 133221
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 558199
4 pieces for flute quartet (with optional piccolo)
Scherzando Instrumental Series (komplett) (complete)
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 147613
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 333173
for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658513
for: Piano 6 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 443586
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1202
Oratorio
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558777
Poème chorégraphique for orchestra
Piano transcription by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156118
Fingering by the composer
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367505
23 eher kleinformatige Orgelwerke aus dem späten 17. und frühen 18. Jahrhundert zum gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch
for: Organ [piano]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 766760
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1612022
Twelve easy to intermediate songs without words
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music score, CD (with piano accompaniment to print yourself)
Item no.: 696596
Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire. Leader and repetiteur of the first Violin.
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 134293
6 Sonaten und Suiten für Violine und B.c. (Bc nicht ausgesetzt)
London 1676
Collegium Musicum - Kölner Reihe Alter Musik
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658606
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3489
Version for Violoncello
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613318
for: Boy's alto [countertenor], boy's choir [mixed choir], symphony orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198646
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 349931
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 577000
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696706
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 491003
for: Piano and Violin
Book
Item no.: 136092
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582840
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388741
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360097
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692282
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 457271
'Coronation Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116578
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 357722
for: Violoncello (Fagott) und Basso continuo
Item no.: 355663
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431549
Arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663229
"American Quartet"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1534720
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646294
for: Organ
Item no.: 473216
original for harpsichord
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 224324
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