“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: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272482
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1343710
für zwei Klaviere zu vier Händen
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 662763
(Winds)
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 246709
for: Piano
Item no.: 298819
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 678307
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197618
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 656967
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 169640
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 613316
Second Version with two Clarinets
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116466
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 670548
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579887
for solos, choir, orchestra and organ
reduction for song and organ by the author
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 147125
In Spitzwegs Art
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 112575
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 120780
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 153556
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 180152
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 373566
for: Flute, Percussion and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340419
for: Tuba [bass trombone]
Music score
Item no.: 101289
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 101277
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 656441
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 239769
for: Flute, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 228791
Romantische Operette in drei Akten
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128169
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 468438
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019816
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4027
1-3, D 384, 385, 408
Urtext der Neuen Schubert-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116944
Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire. Violin I (Tutti) and Violin II
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 353889
Eliot Fisk Master Series
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 294004
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409803
for organ solo arranged
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 602555
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE QUERFLÖTE QUERFLÖTE UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 446857
for: Flute, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 614927
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 205443
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283724
for: Oboe, violin, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 116562
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781354
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607224
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 672754
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 612976
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 228645
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 344954
original version 1878
Anton Bruckner Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409802
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 369296