“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: Recorder, piano
Book
Item no.: 493227
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 295827
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582647
The Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr, in its traditional form
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116413
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 677770
for: Accordion
Score
Item no.: 258093
Flute (Technik) (Technique)
for: Flute
Item no.: 215358
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 484907
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 601765
Second Version (1878) with the 1880 Finale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409801
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 432030
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401088
for 16 Wind instruments
for: Wind ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 766670
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 695133
for string quartet (2004/2006)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 462069
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 482911
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582652
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 602944
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 662901
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197517
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 431698
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 498364
De Mecanisme Flute (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100761
for: Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 172888
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 419557
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
Including first publication of two further settings
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 198547
Volume 1 and 2
First Publication
for: Piano
2 music scores
Item no.: 393465
for: Violin, narrator
Music score
Item no.: 646956
for: Flute, piano
Book
Item no.: 238637
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 137932
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199409
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 645983
for: Voice (soprano), violin, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 556727
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 3–4 singing bowls, glass harmonica
Choir score
Item no.: 632189
for: Organ
Book and music score
Item no.: 237869
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201324
versione in quattro atti
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
for two pianos
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 197736
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 283726
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685909
for: Chamber orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616163
from the music to the film "Agony" and the opera "Life with an Idiot"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 781184
for: 2 violins
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 108897
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 612622
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 365523
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/alto), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1365