“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.
Cantata for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bachausgaben
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 771439
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693164
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681098
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 674164
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1121042
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230672
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230670
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1642652
for: 3 voices (SSB), 2 trumpets (C), 2 violins, violone, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 694175
for: Children's choir (S/SA) [mixed choir (SAM)], piano; instruments ad lib.
Single part Melody instrument (C/B-flat)
Item no.: 693210
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 625480
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424876
for: Strings, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424747
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423964
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423880
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237747
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237707
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230479
for: 2 soloists (AT), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230286
for: 2 soloists (AT), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230282
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230219
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236172
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236125
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236098
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235867
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235348
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 2 violins, 3 trombones ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 234917
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 234715
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234636
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234615
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 234494
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 234492
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234054
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233626
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233488
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233285
Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity – Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition 2017
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233272
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233018
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232646
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATBB, SATBB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232574
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232545
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232360
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232332
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237811
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237810
for: Harp
Single part
Item no.: 237011
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237010