“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.
Twelve easy to intermediate songs without words
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music score, CD (with piano accompaniment to print yourself)
Item no.: 696596
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 457271
"The Surprise"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280725
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 216040
6 Sonaten und Suiten für Violine und B.c. (Bc nicht ausgesetzt)
London 1676
Collegium Musicum - Kölner Reihe Alter Musik
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658606
for: Accordion
Item no.: 189199
for: Piano 6 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 443586
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 300212
Selected Popular Compositions for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748775
In three movements
for: Boy's alto [countertenor], boy's choir [mixed choir], symphony orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198646
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 334392
for: Violoncello (Fagott) und Basso continuo
Item no.: 355663
for: 2 violins, viola [violin], cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 198085
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 497427
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 491003
4 pieces for flute quartet (with optional piccolo)
Scherzando Instrumental Series (komplett) (complete)
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 147613
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696706
'Coronation Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116578
for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658513
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 168215
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 146870
for: Violinen (2), Streicher (1. Violine, 2. Violine, Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Cembalo)
Score
Item no.: 485180
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 432907
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 333173
Oratorio
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558777
(Urtext)
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287131
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229317
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 349931
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1612022
for: 2 pianos 8 hands
Music score
Item no.: 659771
Eine deutsche Oper in zwei Aufzügen
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196723
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 162275
Arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663229
for: 5 recorders (SSATB), basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3118
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3100
Poème chorégraphique for orchestra
Piano transcription by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156118
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1632096
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 162448
Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire. Leader and repetiteur of the first Violin.
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 134293
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401125
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 278821
Version for Violoncello
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613318
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 187643
for: für Orchester
Score
Item no.: 133221
Fingering by the composer
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367505
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 558199