“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: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 333173
for piano four hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 756169
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 491003
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 168215
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1202
for: Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 626327
"American Quartet"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1534720
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1612022
Twelve easy to intermediate songs without words
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music score, CD (with piano accompaniment to print yourself)
Item no.: 696596
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
The four themes arranged for woodwind quintet
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 562150
for: 2 pianos 8 hands
Music score
Item no.: 659771
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 497427
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 162448
for 16 Wind instruments
for: Wind ensemble
Conductor score
Item no.: 766668
"The Surprise"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280725
for four Bassoons
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 666504
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 475278
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 359706
for: 2 alto recorders, 2 flutes, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 122113
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 558199
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 673629
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 334392
Score
Item no.: 430029
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128212
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3489
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696706
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692282
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 464367
for: Organ
Item no.: 157405
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196723
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582840
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388741
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 577000
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 776065
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 457271
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 146870
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646294
for: Violin, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582816
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401125
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431549
for: für Orchester
Score
Item no.: 133221
Fingering by the composer
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367505
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 162275
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 634045
Poème chorégraphique for orchestra
Piano transcription by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156118
for: Boy's alto [countertenor], boy's choir [mixed choir], symphony orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198646
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