“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.
Motet
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1549897
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 664570
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664560
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 312214
for: Flute, harpsichord
Item no.: 292320
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 285978
for: Clarinet (a), orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 285935
for: Voice (high), violin, organ
Music score
Item no.: 285826
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285688
for: Cello
Item no.: 285644
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 285641
Appendix: Initial Ending of the Ballade No. 2
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 285629
for: Piano
Item no.: 285627
Supplement to the First Part
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 285291
BWV 862–869
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 285290
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285209
for: Piano
Item no.: 285201
for: 2 flutes, basso continuo
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 285133
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285127
for: Recorder
Item no.: 285014
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 284978
for: Alto saxophone, cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 284956
15 Waltzes
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 284886
Walzer für Klavier zu vier Händen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 284885
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Item no.: 284844
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 284666
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284569
(Urtext)
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242716
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 229305
for: Organ
Item no.: 227856
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Item no.: 216539
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 210880
for: Clarinet, bassoon, piano
Item no.: 183199
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 181444
for: Sopranino recorder [treble recorder], strings, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 180293
for: Trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 177889
for: OB VL TRP BC
Item no.: 154963
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1017737
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 577760
for: Violin
Ensemble score
Item no.: 483997
for: Cello, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 479017
for: Violin, accordion
Ensemble score
Item no.: 444041
for: SBFL (PICC) STR BC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 414187
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 361454
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 329855
for: Flute, oboe, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 268548
for: Flute, clarinet (A), bassoon, horn (F), piano, violin, cello (septet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 208412
for: OB KLAR HRN FAG STR QUARTETT KB
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 191000