“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: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 980709
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 930907
for: Sprecher, Bariton solo, kleiner Knabenchor (SS), großer Frauenchor (SS oder SA) und Orchester; Tanzgruppe ad libitum
Klavierauszug mit Solostimmen
Item no.: 355041
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit optionaler Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 612584
for: Soloists, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578004
for: Sopran oder Mezzosopran und Klavier
Item no.: 352927
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 198561
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212410
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 482482
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 695363
Exercises, Scales and Arpeggios for the first position in all the Tones
Volume 2
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107834
for: Voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351920
Critical Report in Volume I – VI
for: Keyboard instrument
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 306881
for: 3 Violins, Bass Violin and BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 862509
for: SATB and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 861811
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 636923
for: Continuo and String Ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 867152
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and String Quartet
Set of parts
Item no.: 838703
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 836607
for: Chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 840857
for: Narration and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 840852
for: Viola d'Amore, Accordion, Piano Chamber, Violin, Cello and Double Bass
Score
Item no.: 840824
for: SSA, Violin and Viola
Score
Item no.: 840807
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 321395
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 837358
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 835636
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 864905
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 894602
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 893741
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 838913
for: Flute, Violin, Harp, Viola, Cello and Double Bass
Score
Item no.: 837506
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 837226
for: Cello, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 325626
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772273
from the 'Messiah'
HWV 56, No. 36
Urtext Stuttgarter Handel-Editions
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665335
for: Männerchor (TTBarB)
Choir score
Item no.: 175545
for: Voice (soprano), chamber ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 229227
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 299866
for: Tenor Voice and String Quartet
Score
Item no.: 1192438
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 837432
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 838371
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 838354
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 837285
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 883697
for: Violin, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 883472
for: Mixed Ensemble [16 Players]
Score
Item no.: 879110
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 474710
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