“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: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 497280
from "Essercizii musici"
for: Flute, oboe [violin], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 112937
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 206909
for: SAX Klavier / Orgel CD
Ensemble score, CD
Item no.: 431408
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391919
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356951
Easy Piano Composer Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 769501
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 456957
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675585
for: Violin, cello, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672421
for: 2 voices, piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 659998
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 171174
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 167846
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 167587
for Alto Recorder & Keyboard
Volume I: Sonatas 1-2
for: Treble recorder, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 462625
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 104506
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 407963
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
EB 6043 is printed in score form; two copies are needed for performance.
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 284894
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 203121
for: Treble recorder [flute], basso continuo
Score, part
Item no.: 200262
for: 3 violins, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 121505
for: Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bariton solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Piccoloflöte, Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Große Konzert-Trommel, Becken, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 489922
for: 4 guitars [guitar ensemble]
Item no.: 290755
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 559530
for: Violin
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 188149
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389029
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 283801
"Stadler Quintet"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Clarinet (a), 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 116454
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 159611
for: Clarinet, string orchestra, triangle
Score, solo part
Item no.: 494042
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431100
for: 2 oboes, cor anglais
Item no.: 134331
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128094
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 112871
16 selected masterpieces
for: Flute, organ [piano]
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 112362
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 627381
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 578453
for: Flute, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 487645
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 485768
for: Percussion, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 481835
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 555894
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383712
Ausgabe für Violine und Klavier (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379540
for: Flute [violin], harp
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100970
for: Violin, organ
Score
Item no.: 1552099
for: 4 violins
Score, Parts
Item no.: 328457
for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Score
Item no.: 647929
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 275839