“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: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552157
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 282912
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 197330
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 562649
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 124762
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 637737
for: 2 violins, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298883
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 228253
for: 2 voices (SB), string orchestra, latin percussion
Study score
Item no.: 108834
Clarinet/ High Clarinet /Bass Clarinet
for: Clarinet
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 382998
for: Trombone, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 129690
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283778
for: Cello
Item no.: 287480
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 162246
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 184773
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1022691
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 557646
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 117318
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 212402
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 107494
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796413
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796116
London, B1 Bs. Add. 31501, II-III
Tastata – Opere d'intavolatura d'organo e cimbalo
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 773422
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418474
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 159544
for: Flute, violin, guitar
Item no.: 130102
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 380900
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1136633
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 551801
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score, online audio
Item no.: 100107
for: 2 classical guitars
Set of parts
Item no.: 694886
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 169873
for: Violin
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 339836
op. 5 / op. 47
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 780131
Revised version (1903-1904, rev. 1905)
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 732549
Edition Schott
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739639
for: Clarinet (B-flat), horn (F) [cello], piano
Piano score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3694
for: 2 flutes [violins], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2414
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1074
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3024
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 275242
for: Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596882
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
Kompletter Satz Bläser- und Schlagzeugstimmen
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 677771
for: Piano, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 348387
for: Harp, piano
Item no.: 558443
for flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat and bassoon
for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette in B und Fagott
Set of parts
Item no.: 748163
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 433112
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 484627