“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: Flute, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 418092
for: Treble recorder [flute], violin [flute/oboe], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 417994
for: Flute, string orchestra; 2 oboes, 2 horns ad lib.
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 393366
for: Double bass, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 392828
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392500
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392137
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391995
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391910
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 128194
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128122
Alle späteren Werkreihen und die kleineren Einzelstücke.
Band 2 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125018
Tanzzyklen, die zu Schuberts Lebzeiten oder bald nachher erschienen sind.
Band 1 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125017
for: 2 soloists (SBar), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124401
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 416694
for: 5 recorders (SATTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419504
for: 2 recorders (SS/TT), basso continuo
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 419188
for: Piano
Item no.: 401113
for: Violone [double bass], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129216
for: Cello, piano
Score
Item no.: 388983
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388617
taken from the 12 Concertos op. 3
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 388399
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383763
Kadenzen von Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Sämtliche Klavierkonzerte (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383055
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 108952
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 108868
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 108782
for: Violin, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimme, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116516
Mit Kadenzen von Carl Reinicke (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, harp, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 116423
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 279895
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 279866
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 279301
for: Piano, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 197742
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197489
(Urtext)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 196849
for: Flute, violin [2 flutes], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 122185
for: Flute, basso continuo
Item no.: 200282
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198407
arrranged for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284292
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 283507
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 282899
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 282524
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 101423
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404485
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404413
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 404366
for 2 violoncelli
for: 2 cellos
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 404189
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401424
Volume III
Sonatinas
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401321