“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
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 586170
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272453
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128212
(The Book)
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 750242
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 205842
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1471
A Selection
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582646
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 395321
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1753
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 385491
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108932
with marked and unmarked string parts
Fingering and bowing for Violin: Wolfgang Schneiderhan
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401335
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 626236
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 178093
for: GES-M (MEZZ) 4 SCHLAGZ
Study score
Item no.: 170854
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 349931
The Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr, in its traditional form
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116413
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 301278
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 494369
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 677770
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664059
Transcriptions for piano four hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 563496
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 658682
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 295238
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 484907
for: Piano
Item no.: 577598
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344072
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Item no.: 134917
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 601765
Second Version (1878) with the 1880 Finale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409801
Easy Piano Pieces
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401099
for: Trumpet, Violin & Piano
Buch
Item no.: 445283
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 668329
Volume 1: Femmes de Légende
Edition in eleven volumes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 369081
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 1561074
Adelaide
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 796532
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 141819
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607821
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 694493
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 108816
Earliest Organ Music (ca. 1330 - 1448)
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: Organ (manuals)
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 282728
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 482911
for piano two hands
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 779716
Critical Edition of the Chamber Music volume 4
Clothbound
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (Hardcover), single parts
Item no.: 226447
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1591211
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197961
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026337
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 419549