“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: 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (double quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 472478
Volume 1: Church Cantatas BWV 1–89
Musica Rara
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 193982
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 285057
for: Organ
Item no.: 168652
for: Trombone; piano ad lib.
Music score (anthology), online audio/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 601785
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116963
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665412
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 662163
25 works
Schott Anthology Series
for: Flute; piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 637001
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 379612
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 343320
for: Flute [violin], cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 327595
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352716
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 228994
for: Bass clarinet
Item no.: 228717
for: Piano
Item no.: 166583
Chopin – A New Critical Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 777037
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 312366
for: 2 alto saxophones [tenor saxophones]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 299465
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 299132
for: Alt- oder Tenor-Blockflöte
Item no.: 293427
for: Guitar
Item no.: 355194
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 287918
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198344
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665480
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 776295
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 683953
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 228279
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 100737
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197842
from "Trois femmes de légende pour orchestre"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 469865
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 677241
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584015
für Altblockflöte und Basso continuo
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 638472
for: Voice (soprano) a cappella
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 775053
Famous melodies of Mozart humourously arranged for two violins
World Music
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656978
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125048
Famous Pieces for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1557136
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 881908
for: Clarinet
Item no.: 286198
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 112820
"Spring Symphony"
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217694
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 561484
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401343
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Score
Item no.: 778348
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696704
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 664742
for: 2 flutes, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 184088