“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.
Alster Ouverture TWV 55:F11
for 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, bassoon (continuo)
for: 4 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 612065
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 611845
for: Alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 581896
Komische Oper in drei Akten
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564546
The Beginners' collection
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 330050
for 4 guitars
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 623196
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 622650
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 327470
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 318627
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Buch
Item no.: 315660
Original French Text
for: Chamber ensemble
Lyrics
Item no.: 315487
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316968
for: Voice, basso continuo
Hardcover
Item no.: 613662
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Item no.: 328015
Geistliche Musik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 327301
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 324189
Priestman V
Musica Rara
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [flute/oboe/violin], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 414171
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413550
for: Clarinet (A)
Music score
Item no.: 412896
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 411993
Klassik
for: Mezzo / Baritone Voice, Piano Accompaniment
Book
Item no.: 411839
Pour Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 411649
für 4 Gitarren
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 135023
Fünf Lieder auf Texte von János Arany
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 136746
für 2 Altblockflöten und Gitarre von Händel und Williams (früher in UE 17127)
for: 2 alto recorders, guitar
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 140749
Musica Rara
for: 2 treble recorders, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 140593
for: Organ or Harmonium
Score
Item no.: 144745
for: Trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 112624
Die Zauberflöte
8 Arien
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 112381
Journal pour la Flute Band 7
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 113723
for: Piano
Item no.: 124495
Reprint
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 113663
for: für Orgel
Item no.: 113445
for: für 5 Darsteller oder 5 Schlagzeugspieler
Score
Item no.: 113238
for: Blockflöte (A), Harfe, Streicher
Study score
Item no.: 111331
for: Violin, cello, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418404
for: Sopran (Tenor) oder Alt (Bariton) und Klavier
Item no.: 105971
for: Alt-Blockflöte (Violine, Flöte, Oboe) und Basso continuo (Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Item no.: 420783
for: Piano
Item no.: 104524
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Item no.: 104937
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 146151
"Prague Symphony"
Urtext of the New Mozart Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 144130
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 148608
Harmonie- und Streicherstimmen (4/3/2/2/1)
Diletto Musicale
Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 151735
Das beliebte Volkslied – weltbekannt
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150840
Unterlegblatt für 6-Akkordzither
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151004
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 134040
Sechs ausgewählte Stücke aus der Oper
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 140010