“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.
Nr. 19, aus: Gitarren-Spiel mit Freude, Band 1
for: Guitar
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 5533
from: Umbrian Arrangements
for: Piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 5553
aus: Il quarto libro delle canzoni, op. 17
Venezia, 1651
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 5607
für zwei hohe Stimmen und Basso continuo
aus: Kirchen-Music, Teil 2 (1626)
for: 2 voices (SS/TT), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 5688
aus: Zehn Orgelstücke, op. 25
Leipzig, 1888
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 5721
aus: Neüe Teütsche Gesang
Augsburg, 1596
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5804
aus: XII neue Wald-Ländler für die Guitarre, op. 23
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 6175
MH 187
(früher Joseph Haydn zugeschrieben)
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6207
from: Le Journal de Printemps, Augsburg 1695
arranged for two trumpets, 2 violins, 2 violas and basso continuo
for: 2 trumpets, strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6336
op. 78
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6392
from: Il primo libro di Capricci, Rom 1624
for: Recorder [flute], harpsichord [organ/piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 6449
aus: Dodekatonon Musicum Triciniorum ..., Erfurt 1588
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 6477
aus: VIII Sonate per cembalo, op. 1
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 6479
op. 78
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1692
aus der Operette "Gasparone"
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1746
aus der Operette "Gasparone"
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1749
Arie der Mimi aus der Oper "La Bohème"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1990
op. 29, 4/5
aus "Heures mystiques"
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2104
Canzonetta (Don Giovanni) aus der Oper "Don Giovanni"
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 2129
Romanze für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 2206
aus der "Wassermusik" (Suite Nr. 1)
für Violine (Flöte, Oboe) und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Violin [flute/oboe], organ [piano]
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2372
aus der "Wassermusik" (Suite Nr. 1)
für Klarinette (Trompete) und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], organ [piano]
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2373
für Violine, Streicher und Basso continuo
op. 3, Nr. 6 (RV 356)
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2614
aus: Karneval der Tiere
bearbeitet für Trompete/Klarinette und Klavier
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [clarinet], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2693
aus: Karneval der Tiere
bearbeitet für Flöte/Oboe und Klavier
for: Flute [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2695
Lied, op. 105, Nr. 1
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2807
op. 9, Nr. 2
aus: Quatrième Livre de Sonates à Violon seul avec la Basse Continue
for: Violin [flute], basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 2861
Psalm 150
aus "Psalmen Davids, Hiebevorn in Teutzsche Reimen gebracht durch D. Cornelium Beckern ..."
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 3070
Z 717
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3128
a Violino, o Flauto solo, e Basso
for: Violin [treble recorder/flute/oboe], basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 3129
op. 38, Nr. 2
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1071
III. Sext-Sprünge
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1159
Lied für eine Singstimme und Klavier aus der Sammlung der Eichendorff-Lieder
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1207
KV 525 (1. Satz)
for: Brass ensemble
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1260
aus dem "Album für die Jugend", op. 68
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315
Prélude Nr. 10 (1. Buch)
for: Piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1344
Ballade
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1346
Couplets des Prinzen Orlofsky aus "Die Fledermaus"
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1397
Couplets des Prinzen Orlofsky aus "Die Fledermaus"
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1398
op. 43, Nr. 1
für Klarinette und Klavier
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1401
Lied, op. 12, Nr. 11
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1422
aus "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof"
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1453
dopo l'Epistola, aus "Fiori musicali" (1635)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1508
(zu 4 Stimmen)
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), 2 trombones (tenor, bass) [trumpet, 3 trombones (alto, tenor, bass)] (quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1585
aus der Schauspielmusik zu Ibsens "Peer Gynt" (Klavierfassung des Komponisten, op. 46, Nr. 3)
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1616
aus der Schauspielmusik zu Ibsens "Peer Gynt" (Klavierfassung des Komponisten, op. 46, Nr. 3)
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1617
Romanze, aus "Nouvelles étrennes de guitarre", op. 4
for: Voice (high), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1665
Hymnus in adventu domini
eingerichtet für Blechbläserquartett
for: Cornett [trumpet], 3 trombones [horn (F)], 2 trombones]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4073