“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: Piano
Item no.: 172424
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 674788
for: Voice (medium), piano
Score
Item no.: 301204
for: 3 recorders (SAT), piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 354575
for: Voice, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 170851
for: Piano
Item no.: 149290
for: Sopran- oder Alt-Blockflöte und Klavier (Cembalo)
Item no.: 354271
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Item no.: 342671
for: Piano
Item no.: 356055
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 355822
for: Piano
Item no.: 355802
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Item no.: 355734
for: Flute, guitar
Item no.: 355641
for: Organ
Item no.: 356829
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Item no.: 131292
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1539101
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 206433
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193076
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182470
Version for Viola
with marked and unmarked string parts
Free Download of Arpeggione part
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174171
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160707
for: 6 Pianos, 12 Hands
Book
Item no.: 478217
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 466860
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 166054
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 124030
for: für Bläserquintett
Set of parts
Item no.: 312302
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 186331
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 172743
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), harmonium, piano
Score
Item no.: 155585
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: Bass clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 155476
1878/79
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 156352
for: 2 flutes, piano
Book
Item no.: 150827
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 161845
for: Organ or Harmonium
Score
Item no.: 283819
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283781
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 283704
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 278979
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 263749
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260762
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 162272
from "Musica ricercata" for wind quintet
arrangement for saxophone quartet by Fabio Oehrli (2007)
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 445085