“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: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 885138
for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score
Item no.: 275602
Score
Item no.: 1108096
Maders kleine Musikbibliothek
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551037
for: Guitar
Study score
Item no.: 1618814
for: Piano
Item no.: 393469
for: Organ [harmonium]
Music score
Item no.: 659938
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 107557
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 481609
for: BFL BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 345493
for piano, violin and cello
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 741593
on a Mozart theme (“Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”)
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Partitur und Stimme Flöte
Item no.: 1209538
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116478
Op. 14
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1563133
"Prague Symphony"
Urtext of the New Mozart Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116504
Edition Schott
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 731350
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391771
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3277
for: 3 saxophones (AAT)
Score, parts, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 3713
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4259
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 657967
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197071
for: Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Zink (ad libitum), Posaunen (3) (ad libitum), Basso continuo, Orgel, Violinen (2), Violen (2)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 183421
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 265984
for: Piano
Item no.: 176099
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 138598
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 223884
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684796
for: Violin
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 131819
for: Organ
Item no.: 142848
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 612976
for: Sopran, Tenor, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 134080
120 Duette aus acht Jahrhunderten
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 761663
für Gesang und Klavier
Original-Ausgabe für Hohe Stimme
Lieder in 3 Bänden, Urtext, Band 1 (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 360075
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205427
Edited from the autograph and manuscript copies
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 125047
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 1012535
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 392876
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 287091
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344835
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 208330
Tango över Psalm 303
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 768219
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163194
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 403727
contains the unsigned solo part as well as the solo part arranged and annotated by Heinrich Schiff
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180584
In memory of Dmitri Shostakovich
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 659839
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279948
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 585160