“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.
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 498364
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 150661
for: Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 172888
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 419557
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 279909
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
Including first publication of two further settings
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 198547
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669837
Volume 1 and 2
First Publication
for: Piano
2 music scores
Item no.: 393465
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1558553
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 645983
for: Viola, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 477627
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 137932
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199409
for: Organ
Book and music score
Item no.: 237869
for: Voice (soprano), violin, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 556727
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201324
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/alto), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1365
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 240538
for: Viola [violin], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 690325
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 558778
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685909
for: Chamber orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616163
for two pianos
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 197736
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416704
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 612622
for: 2 violins
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 108897
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 365523
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 154205
from the music to the film "Agony" and the opera "Life with an Idiot"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 781184
for: Piano
Item no.: 285717
Camera flauto Amadeus 122
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 186378
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano
Item no.: 212548
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 241358
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 491195
for: Trumpet in D, organ [piano]
Organ score, solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 5604
for Violin solo
Edited from the souce – Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665570
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663410
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582648
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 186622
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 335489
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 157262
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 612001
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 184773
Urtext Edition, clothbound
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1640744
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 279910
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664057