“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.
Introduction et Variations concertants
for: Cello, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739935
for mixed choir and piano
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 725835
from Gianni Schicchi
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722350
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612334
for: Classical guitar
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 766962
op. 90/3
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759100
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026341
for: Piano, Voice, Organ
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561412
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 199754
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 417665
Original Works and Arrangements
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 634676
Preparatory Exercises for free Improvisation
for: Organ
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101001
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 268899
The FJH Pianist's Curriculum
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 660107
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197615
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 558073
for: Flute Duo
Buch
Item no.: 279977
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401067
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316207
for: Piano
Card game
Item no.: 662561
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389027
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1595938
for obtaining a sure piano technique
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197483
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 674177
Clarinet
for: Big Band and Concert Band
Buch
Item no.: 474024
Selected from the 2023 & 2024 syllabus
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1343636
Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era 17
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 208206
Cantata for the Purification of Mary – Ich habe genung (Version for solo soprano)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (soprano), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172338
Bass Clarinet
for: Big Band and Concert Band
Buch
Item no.: 474009
Ode
for: Tenor, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867875
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669930
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1192485
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 260960
Eine kommentierte Quellensammlung
Pratica Musicale 8
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 475526
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 245931
MUSA – Music of the United States Vol. 3
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 635514
English version by P. Catty
Book (reprint)
Item no.: 140556
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318161
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975627
for: C/Bb Baritone/Euphonium BC/TC
Book, CD
Item no.: 554994
for: Flute, Viola and Bassoon
Set of parts
Item no.: 269316
for: Soprano Voice, Violin, Viola and Double Bass
Score
Item no.: 838108
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 628288
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 388444
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 138800
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1636212
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774298
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 669838