“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: 4 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667314
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 769520
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 208880
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 164106
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641980
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 364090
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Study score
Item no.: 208220
Bärenreiter Urtext
with Fingerings
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172511
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 121376
Three Poems
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635028
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630393
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378814
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 288600
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464269
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 241358
Concerto after old folksongs
Edition Schott
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 288094
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 404436
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201333
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163190
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 283806
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 257310
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 205614
Including Suite de Clavecin by Christian Petzold
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 194732
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552161
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696043
for: Trombone
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 587065
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 627127
für Oboe (Violine) & basso continuo - Band 1
for: Oboe, basso continuo
Score, 2 ensemble scores
Item no.: 681018
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 433815
Reihe 2/16
for: Organ
Item no.: 299305
Erstveröffentlichung
for: Harpsichord, strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 361256
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello, harp [2 violins, viola, cello, piano]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 581108
for: Treble recorder
Item no.: 209103
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4496
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3097
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1177
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431101
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1046044
for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 128745
Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen
Klavierauszug nach der Gesamtausgabe
Item no.: 757847
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 637737
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1022691
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379175
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 282912
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 162246
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 487064
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 212402
Score
Item no.: 381857