“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: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 358075
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 339707
for: Oboe
Ensemble score
Item no.: 289341
for: Harpsichord
Ensemble score
Item no.: 245309
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Singpartitur
Item no.: 215864
for: Sopran solo, Bass-Klarinette, Cello
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 192897
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 179115
for: Violine und Violoncello
Book
Item no.: 164563
for viola and piano
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163069
for: Klaviere (2), Violinen (2), Viola, Cello
Klavierauszug, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116565
for: Gesang, Gemischter Chor, Orchester
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116547
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116487
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 880917
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 880715
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 875326
for: Soprane solo (3), Tenöre solo (3), Gemischter Chor, Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Pauke, Cembalo, Streicher
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 874489
for: Chamber orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 872527
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 870913
"La Poule"
Urtext of the Haydn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 460613
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 459227
for: Symphonic orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 433396
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 425531
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 337757
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021510
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 216954
for: Viola, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 155380
for: 2 violas
Ensemble score
Item no.: 125319
12 New Pieces (1893) / Ascendit Deus (1902)
Collection, Urtext
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 460633
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 328833
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 314965
2006
for: 2 harps
Buch
Item no.: 1591817
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 443644
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 366607
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 291447
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 223658
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1212995
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1212994
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1212981
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1212980
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1212925
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1212867
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1212859
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1212852
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1212840
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1212813
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1212799
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1212794
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1212740