“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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 816845
Critical Commentary for BA 9030, TP 930, BA 9033 and TP 933
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 692982
Text with musical examples
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 290100
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 188162
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 343308
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 971628
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018356
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 907629
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 190706
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673155
in 3 Books
Volume 2: 20 very difficult studies
for: Trumpet [flugelhorn/cornet]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 240452
Cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (soprano), trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232993
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 172808
for: Voice, big band
Score
Item no.: 805052
for: Viola
Buch + CD
Item no.: 585709
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 612625
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 631238
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100816
Introduction et Variations concertants
for: Cello, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739935
for mixed choir and piano
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 725835
from Gianni Schicchi
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722350
op. 90/3
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759100
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026341
for: Piano, Voice, Organ
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561412
from the Repertoire of the Mandel Quartet
for: Flexible ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 168026
A 21st-century completion of Bach's Orgelbüchlein
Volume 4: Christian Life and Conduct (Chorales 87 - 113)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 674209
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 417813
for: 2 soloists (SBar), narrator, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 113087
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 170640
for: Violin, cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 395542
Preparatory Exercises for free Improvisation
for: Organ
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101001
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 583901
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 774949
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124485
for: Classical guitar
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 766962
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476962
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316207
New practical editions of 14 of Clara Schumann’s greatest songs
includes a CD of piano accompaniment
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 684082
for: 6 Männerstimmen (AATBarBarB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 353903
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Item no.: 353268
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 346649
for: Level 2 Book
Book
Item no.: 277683
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 481631
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612334
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 192872
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 676196
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1595938
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 268899