“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.
Canto
for: 6 voices [Instruments]
Part 1
Item no.: 368038
Flute 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370405
Psalm 98, TVWV 1:1345
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Harp
Item no.: 1043097
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797991
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Part 1
Item no.: 1160867
Show yourselves joyful to the Lord
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1160819
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1160711
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160707
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Basso continuo
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160701
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Basso continuo
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160700
Musikalische Exequien III SWV 281
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160515
Musikalische Exequien III SWV 281
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1160513
Musikalische Exequien III SWV 281
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160509
O how fair are all thy dwellings
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1136825
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1105851
Coronation Anthem IV
HWV 261
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), orchestra
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645538
Coronation Anthem II
HWV 259
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), 2 violins, viola, 2 oboes, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645511
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1642653
Es muß nicht immer Bremen sein
Ein szenisches Spiel für Kinder in drei Bildern
for: BASS-XYL
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231321
Single part Recorder 2
Item no.: 231210
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 231080
Single part Recorder 2
Item no.: 231056
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231053
for: 2 oboes d'amore, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766628
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 154133
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 153988
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium 1, 2
Item no.: 144272
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 138152
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium 1
Item no.: 138143
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 142805
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 142787
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 142762
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 142544
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 164963
Single part (Viola solo)
Item no.: 425676
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 168083
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 166905
Single part Guitar 1
Item no.: 336798
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425671
Single part Descant recorder [Violin 1]
Item no.: 195388
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias (vor 1724)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673144
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias (vor 1724)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673142
Psalm 50 für Soli, Männerchor und Orchester
for: 3 soloists (TTB), male choir (TTB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672442
Motette
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 768525
Motette
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 768523
Coffee Cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (STB), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691350
'Sanft wie du lebtest'
Beethoven vocal – Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, cello
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 683553
Psalm 100
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643801