“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: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 146870
for: 2 alto recorders, 2 flutes, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 122113
Poème chorégraphique for orchestra
Piano transcription by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156118
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692282
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360097
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431549
for: Organ
Item no.: 473216
original for harpsichord
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 224324
Urtextausgabe mit Fingersätzen
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 369654
for 16 Wind instruments
for: Wind ensemble
Conductor score
Item no.: 766662
for 4 clarinets
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 660046
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203416
from the opera "The Dead City"
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731628
for violin solo
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 750766
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 1343852
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 659627
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 369691
for: Harpsichord, strings
Score
Item no.: 335591
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 476473
for: Voice (bass), basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2785
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1201
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4420
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 609825
for: Cello group
Score
Item no.: 226258
for: Flute, guitar
Item no.: 130588
Canzonen I VI / Capriccio / Battaglia
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Item no.: 134917
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 551447
for mixed chorus a cappella score
with piano part for rehearsal
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670070
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025078
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 661572
Heft 1 (Nr. 1-6)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 360533
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 245469
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 158582
for Piano and Clarinet
Version for Violoncello
with marked and unmarked string parts
Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401401
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401302
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 184126
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 174958
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat), piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2171
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, 2 pianos
Piano reduction, 3 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 603978
Versions 1913 and 1931
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679499
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 373489
Urtext from: Joseph Haydn Werke, G. Henle Verlag München
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664729
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113526
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 364989
for: 2 harpsichords [2 pianos]
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692285
for: Violin, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 779485
"Jupiter Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116448
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 418417