“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.
'Haffner Symphony'
Urtext of the New Mozart Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116522
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561233
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 565554
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582664
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 656107
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 344830
for: Oboe [oboe d'amore], organ [harpsichord/piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 117734
Edition Schott
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Music score
Item no.: 729706
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 111083
for: Descant recorder [violin/cornett], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2911
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017726
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 107227
Fingering and bowing for Violin: Eugène Ysaÿe
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 362805
for: Flute, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 475836
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 337933
for: Flute and Electronics
Buch
Item no.: 465821
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 658857
Edition includes both solo parts
for: Clarinet [viola], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 431030
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 660957
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 563082
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 116561
for solo flute
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 115844
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 381053
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 239769
for: Organ
Item no.: 293200
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 108789
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 105772
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1485
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582673
Two and Three Part Inventions
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471312
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 321523
for: Piano
Item no.: 118470
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116456
Oratorium für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Englischer Originaltext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382295
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 295827
for: Recorder, piano
Book
Item no.: 493227
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1471
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582647
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
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for: Clarinet (A) [basset clarinet], orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116514
for: Accordion
Score
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Flute (Technik) (Technique)
for: Flute
Item no.: 215358
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 432030
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401088
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 695133
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 482911
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