“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 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 190253
Complete Organ Works 1
Edited from the autographs and first editions
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 125099
for: Flute, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 614927
for: Oboe, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 209176
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1452
for Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464268
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781354
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 171593
with marked and unmarked string part
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561236
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE QUERFLÖTE QUERFLÖTE UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 446857
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431102
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401429
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 562051
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1665540
for piano duet
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 150976
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1530183
for: Accordion
Item no.: 191604
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395484
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117451
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116456
for: Piano
Item no.: 360703
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552139
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401304
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 315684
for: Treble recorder, violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 606909
for: Oboe, basso continuo
Score, 2 ensemble scores
Item no.: 425983
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 885138
for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score
Item no.: 275602
Score
Item no.: 1108096
for: Piano
Item no.: 393469
for piano, violin and cello
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 741593
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3277
for: 3 saxophones (AAT)
Score, parts, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 3713
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4259
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 657967
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 265984
Edition Schott
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 731350
on a Mozart theme (“Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”)
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Partitur und Stimme Flöte
Item no.: 1209538
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 228645
for: Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Zink (ad libitum), Posaunen (3) (ad libitum), Basso continuo, Orgel, Violinen (2), Violen (2)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 183421
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 287091
In memory of Dmitri Shostakovich
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 659839
for: Guitar
Study score
Item no.: 1618814
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 403727
"Prague Symphony"
Urtext of the New Mozart Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116504
for: Piano
Item no.: 176099
for: Violin
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 131819
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197071