“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: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 164025
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 161845
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SSATB), 2 recorders, 2 oboes, 3 violins, viola, cello, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 188988
for: Basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 293212
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 409498
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 409427
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 186331
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), harmonium, piano
Score
Item no.: 155585
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 124030
for: String orchestra; harp ad lib.
Study score
Item no.: 113934
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Set of parts (reprint)
Item no.: 113889
for: für Singstimme und Gitarre
Item no.: 113885
for: für Flöte (Violine) und Gitarre
Item no.: 113880
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, 2 playing scores
Item no.: 113851
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 113753
Edition for Bassoon and piano
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 113750
for: für Bläserquintett
Set of parts
Item no.: 312302
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 113280
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 228425
for: Bass clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 155476
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 141701
for: 2 soloists (SBar), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124401
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 124368
for: für Koloratursopran und Klavier
Piano reduction
Item no.: 211043
for: für Violine und Klavier
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 112901
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 172743
for two Saxophones
Universal Saxophone Edition
for: 2 saxophones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113651
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113616
for: 2 oboes, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 113573
for: für Orgel
Item no.: 113474
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 213904
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 113185
Based on the Critical Complete Edition of the Complete Works, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 113102
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113076
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 113055
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 113025
for: 12 Singstimmen, 7 Streichinstrumente und Klavier
Piano reduction
Item no.: 327272
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 301256
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 164902
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 163878
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163555
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 338487
for 2 violoncelli
for: 2 cellos
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 404189
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 169679
from "Gipsy Melodies"
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 357504
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 182946
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 357247
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Book
Item no.: 886415