“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: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 577000
"American Quartet"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1534720
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 491003
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 357722
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 187643
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 457271
'Coronation Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116578
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388741
Version for Violoncello
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613318
for: 2 pianos 8 hands
Music score
Item no.: 659771
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582840
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692282
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196723
for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658513
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 162448
for: Piano 6 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 443586
for: Accordion
Item no.: 189199
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 300212
for: 5 recorders (SSATB), basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3118
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696706
for: Piano and Violin
Book
Item no.: 136092
Arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663229
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360097
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431549
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
for: Organ [piano]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 766760
Poème chorégraphique for orchestra
Piano transcription by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156118
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646294
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
Fingering by the composer
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367505
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 162275
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401125
Twelve easy to intermediate songs without words
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music score, CD (with piano accompaniment to print yourself)
Item no.: 696596
Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire. Leader and repetiteur of the first Violin.
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 134293
for: Boy's alto [countertenor], boy's choir [mixed choir], symphony orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198646
for: Organ
Item no.: 473216
original for harpsichord
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 224324
Urtextausgabe mit Fingersätzen
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 369654
for 16 Wind instruments
for: Wind ensemble
Conductor score
Item no.: 766662
for 4 clarinets
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 660046
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203416
from the opera "The Dead City"
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731628
for violin solo
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 750766
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 1343852
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 369691
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 476473
for: Voice (bass), basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2785
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1201