“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: Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596882
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265341
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383272
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 129058
for: Flute, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 475836
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 376847
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 374447
Revised version (1903-1904, rev. 1905)
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 732549
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 129591
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 393457
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401124
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 168053
for: Voice (soprano), violin [flute], basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117307
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582645
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 581093
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664033
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 884564
for: Recorder ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 581560
Edition Schott
for: Oboe (Flöte, Violine) und Basso continuo (Cembalo, Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 747343
for bassoon and string quintet or string orchestra
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 749339
Suiten Nr. 3 (d-moll/D-dur) und 4 (e-moll) (komplett) (complete)
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [tenor recorder], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 178962
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 415865
Original version
for: Clarinet (B-flat), violin, viola, cello, piano left hand
Score, Single parts
Item no.: 562762
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 559755
for: 3 treble recorders [violins], basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2064
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129268
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 659386
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 134915
for: Violin, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 464066
for: Baroque orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 484046
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 282584
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 614209
(Winds)
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 246709
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 444561
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 158354
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 155799
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 614666
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 381053
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 380979
Edited from autographs and original editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 125050
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664646
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 636364
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 109331
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317094
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 273622
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 656967
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 129294
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