“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.
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773086
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773084
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSTBarB, S[A]TTBarB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424840
per quattro cori
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 424693
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772204
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
für Sopranblockflöte (Oboe), ein oder zwei Violinen, Orgel oder Cembalo und Violoncello ad lib.
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Flute
Item no.: 231110
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230046
Weihnachtslied
Süddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik Band 19
for: 2 solo voices (SS), flute, string orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 601983
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582343
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231517
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690460
MH 382
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237782
deutsche Textfassung
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577371
Herrn Kantor Peter Drichel in Freundschaft zugeeignet
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230815
Dialog und Verkündigung
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229807
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 236108
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236106
for: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Single part alto
Item no.: 1354926
Bläserchor 2 Posaune 2
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 1355114
BWV 197a - 197,1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1551789
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230014
Ave Maria Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Timp, Perc Violine 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672489
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 490277
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489717
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043104
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 469376
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und 4 Instrumente (Bläser, Streicher) oder Orgel (Klavier)
Part 1 in C
Item no.: 204660
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 343416
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 354652
for: Kontrabass, Violone
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632124
Ein Singspiel zu Weihnachten
für Kinderchor, Klarinette, Viola, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Single part Piano
Item no.: 583597
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 458327
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624147
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 578761
Single part Organ
Item no.: 247296
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424571
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 557045
for: Flexible wind band
Part 4 in C (tuba)
Item no.: 446626
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234818
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234817
op. 12
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235707
Weihnachtskantate. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235634
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 605600
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235548
MH 72
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237799
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237604
Doppelchörig, mit Streichern und Trompeten besetzt. Entstehung 1758 in Mailand für einen Festgottesdienst zu Ehren des heiligen Nepomuk.
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234443
Doppelchörig, mit Streichern und Trompeten besetzt. Entstehung 1758 in Mailand für einen Festgottesdienst zu Ehren des heiligen Nepomuk.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234442