“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: 2 bassoons [cellos], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 684748
op. 447
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1471
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 178093
Critical new edition by Benjamin Gunnar Cohrs,
drawing upon the work of Alfred Orel und Leopold Nowak (2000)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 268802
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB/SSATB/SSAATB/SSAATTB)
CHORBUCH
Item no.: 433866
Durand-Salabert-Eschig-Signature Series
for: Piano
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 851262
Edition from the first edition.
Provided with notes on the practical use
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125096
First impression of the secon edition of the year 1769 in modern type and orthography
Preface by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
for: Violin
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 677098
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 498364
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 274489
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 150661
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
International Anglicised Edition
Faber Piano Adventures®
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669837
plus Liedtexte
for: Viola, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 477627
für Sopran, Violine und Basso continuo
for: Voice (soprano), violin, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 556727
Baroque and Classical Era
for: Organ
Book and music score
Item no.: 237869
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401362
Pièces en trio
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 478792
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score
Item no.: 111892
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 612622
G 506
'La Casa del Diavolo'
Doblinger's Classical Music Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 282668
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582648
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 285717
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 565554
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561233
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 656107
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582664
for Violin solo
Edited from the souce – Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665570
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 205614
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 344830
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1530198
for: Descant recorder [violin/cornett], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2911
Edition Schott
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Music score
Item no.: 729706
for: Oboe [oboe d'amore], organ [harpsichord/piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 117734
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 107227
Missa Canonica
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 162246
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 157262
for: Flute
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401439
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 184773
Fingering and bowing for Violin: Eugène Ysaÿe
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 362805
Faber Piano Adventures®
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 337933
Edition includes both solo parts
for: Clarinet [viola], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 431030
for solo flute
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 115844
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 214559
For solo flute with optional electronics
for: Flute and Electronics
Buch
Item no.: 465821
Transcription de Mason James
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 180006
National Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 335298
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 303488