“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: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1612022
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646294
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196723
for: für Orchester
Score
Item no.: 133221
Poème chorégraphique for orchestra
Piano transcription by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156118
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160814
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 577000
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 457271
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 464367
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582840
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3489
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 364750
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431549
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658513
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
for: Violin, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582816
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 333173
"The Surprise"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280725
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 216040
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 178093
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 634045
for: Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 626327
for: Alphorn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271645
Score
Item no.: 430029
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 162275
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692282
Fingering by the composer
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367505
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 1343852
Cantata for Mezzosoprano and Piano
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 750764
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735564
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 418417
for violin solo
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 750766
aus "Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746712
Book 1: Eight Romantic-Style Solos
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 689650
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1046592
for: Flöte (Violine, Oboe), Cembalo
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640052
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 578986
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 184126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 609825
for: Trumpet, piano
Item no.: 275246
March upon Handel's "Lift up your Heads"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748776
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 100879
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 177587
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1479048
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat), piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2171
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