“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: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 130180
Il Flauto traverso
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 393379
for Violin, Horn and Piano
for: Violin, horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 353799
Series A - Works published during Chopin 's Lifetime
National Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684796
für Orgel (Harmonium)
for: Organ [harmonium]
Music score
Item no.: 659938
A must-have collection of well-known songs
for: Clarinet
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 676641
op.4
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Study score
Item no.: 1134811
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621026
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229046
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401378
op. 73
for: Klavier und Klarinette (Violine oder Violoncello)
Item no.: 401394
für Gesang und Klavier
Original-Ausgabe für Hohe Stimme
Lieder in 3 Bänden, Urtext, Band 1 (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 360075
for viola and piano
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163194
contains the unsigned solo part as well as the solo part arranged and annotated by Heinrich Schiff
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180584
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 138598
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 341713
Dover Piano And Keyboard Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 190214
for Organ
founded on Antiphons
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 403727
Album
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197071
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 393469
First Version (1887)
Critical Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409805
with Beethoven's original cadenzas
– Two copies needed for performance –
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401415
Series A – Works published during Chopin 's Lifetime
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344835
op. 93
for: Klarinette, Violine und Violoncello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1539040
Volume 4: Pièces de Concert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 472048
Dresdner und Pariser Fassung in Szenenfolge
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 20
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382592
Troisième livre, cahier I
for: Piano
Item no.: 176099
Edition Schott
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 279425
with marked and unmarked string parts.
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160396
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116551
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617082
for: Violin, horn (E-flat) [viola/ cello], piano
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687142
Popstücke für die Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 674809
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471359
aus: Canzoni per sonare con ogni sorte di stromenti, Libro primo (1608)
eingerichtet für Blockflötenensemble
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2503
per violoncello solo
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 726162
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796117
aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
bearbeitet für Violine (Oboe) und Klavier
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
op. 5 / op. 47
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 780138
Arranged from the Adagio from Clarinet Concerto KV 622
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 761376
Arie des Xerxes aus der Oper "Xerxes"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1248
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3489
Selected Popular Compositions for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748775
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 776065
for 16 Wind instruments
for: Wind ensemble
Conductor score
Item no.: 766668
for four Bassoons
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 666504
Quinto Ballo, aus "Primo libro delle musiche"
Ausgabe für 5 Blockflöten und Basso continuo
for: 5 recorders (SSATB), basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3118
aus FWV 61
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1202
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