“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: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1540023
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 464649
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 344806
for: Sopran-Blockflöte und Basso continuo (Cembalo, Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 420775
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1010259
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1203295
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 299986
for: Treble recorder, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 206641
for: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 164682
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 411151
Selected and with an Introduction by Adrienne Fried Block
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 427913
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 633357
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 491382
for: Soprano, SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 321888
Two Pianos, Four Hands
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 316174
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019819
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 385437
From the New World
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 198767
Kadenzen von Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Sämtliche Klavierkonzerte (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383055
In Three Movements
Full Score of the reduced version
for: Gemischter Chor [SATB], Harfe, Orgel, Schlagzeug
Score
Item no.: 898899
Solo Music For Recorder
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 176109
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740756
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 194666
S.B.P.K. Landsberg 215 – Parte IV
Tastature – Musiche intavolate per strumenti da tasto
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 773424
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 689309
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 300105
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391917
for: Piano
Item no.: 288009
Tanzzyklen, die zu Schuberts Lebzeiten oder bald nachher erschienen sind.
Band 1 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125017
for: 1–2 cellos
Music score
Item no.: 566148
für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Item no.: 341973
for: Voice (soprano), bass clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 627936
for: 2 voices (sbar), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1136
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696705
Klassik
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 270581
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 128222
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 610960
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674549
Thirteen lieder on poems by Rellstab and Heine D 957 / "Die Taubenpost" D 965 A
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 608250
HWV deest
Klavierauszug (Urtext) (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 151040
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 339467
Légende dramatique in four parts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205556
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 122586
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558204
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 139609
for Violin, Violoncello, String quartet, Harmonium, Harp
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 276778
for: Harpsichord [organ manuals]
Item no.: 476199
for: Soprane solo (4), Alt solo, Tenöre solo (2), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (4), Trompeten (2), Pauke, Streicher, Basso continuo (Cembalo, Cello)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 161753