“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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 113663
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392108
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1009369
for: Organ [harmonium/piano]
Item no.: 281500
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 666967
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 379003
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1012277
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395336
for: Gitarre und kleines Orchester
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 393782
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393775
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 384927
Transcribed for Viola and Piano
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 383422
for: Flute, bassoon, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 382505
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 378364
for euphonium and piano
(supplied with parts for soloist in bass clef or B-flat treble clef)
for: Euphonium, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 215326
Arie "Ombra mai fu" aus der Oper "Xerxes"
bearbeitet für Orgel solo
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3074
for: Harfe, Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 1201415
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1530222
for: string orchestra, timpani
Score
Item no.: 1479702
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1370552
for: Baritone saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 631901
for: Piano
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 612338
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 609488
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 270562
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 246042
for: 2 voices (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 486710
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 218498
for: 2 flutes [violins]
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115744
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 632731
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 459547
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 327470
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 123796
in neuer Übertragung und mit ausführlichem Kommentar von Marc Lewon
for: Voice, instruments
Music score
Item no.: 371724
From Four Pieces
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1304867
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 301559
Book 4: Masters of the Romanticism
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 112093
Suite für Flöte und Harfe (oder Klavier)
Rafnis Bancoc gewidmet
for: Flute, harp [piano]
Item no.: 381273
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 120753
Sammlung wichtiger Passagen aus der Opern- und Konzertliteratur
hrsg. in Zusammenarbeit mit der Deutschen Orchestervereinigung e. V. (Sammelband, Lehrmaterial) (Collection, Teaching material)
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 383000
Transcribed for Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 360084
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 351510
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 205041
for: Violin, viola
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 198104
Reconstructed after BWV 1055
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Oboe d'amore [oboe], string orchestra, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116743
for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord
Volume II: Sonatas IV-VI
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116715
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019777