“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: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 287657
cinq pièces enfantines
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 283811
Volume 3
for: Timpani
Music lesson book
Item no.: 133882
For the older beginner
Faber Piano Adventures®
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 444917
Ensemble Collection
for: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 107111
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374559
Sacred melodies for organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 796334
für Posaune
for: Trombone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 392923
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351745
32 pieces to play in third, second and half position
for: Violin
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 560914
for: Frauenstimme
Item no.: 113094
Edizione critica
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 189530
for low voice and piano
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 212534
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 275336
for flute solo
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 1542007
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 144612
Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesim
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217133
Ode. Fassung der Uraufführung und Fassung von 1751
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 661118
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478096
Easiest Piano Pieces
Easy Composer Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 632994
Grades 6-8
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 186310
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 365991
a beginner book
for: Cello
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 609101
A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 583712
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 494275
for TTBB Voices
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano/organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1192872
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163300
Märchenoper in drei Bildern – Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353999
Symphony cantata
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279250
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 635981
Hal Leonard Classical Play Along
for: Treble recorder
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 809701
Volume 2
11 pieces by Ešenvalds, Dubra and others
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635163
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 619360
for: Flute
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 370751
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 404234
Die Lieder für hohe Stimme und Klavier
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 328827
Hal Leonard Classical Play Along
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 554996
Arrangement of the "Stabat Mater" by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
STUTTGARTER BACH-AUSGABEN
Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137218
Coffee Cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (STB), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 691346
Musicianship and technique through scales
Tonleiter- und Dreiklangsübungen
for: Violin
Item no.: 298962
Der Raub der Lukrezia - Oper in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 619362
for: 3 voices, 7 instrumentalists
Score
Item no.: 379391
Songs 26–50
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 137444
National Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 576120
Klassik
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 837217
Klassik
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 325813
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839177
Klassik
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 840742