“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: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424570
Weihnachtsoffertorium
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344262
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 473287
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233442
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
für Sopranblockflöte (Oboe), ein oder zwei Violinen, Orgel oder Cembalo und Violoncello ad lib.
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231108
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234816
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232188
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 161004
"Wir seynd geg'n euch wahrhafte Freund" - Kantate
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104275
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 1355117
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Flute
Item no.: 695778
kleine Weihnachtskantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230493
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230451
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Guitar and bass (single part)
Item no.: 1530161
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230838
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781074
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781071
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 499166
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229595
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679026
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043150
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 603158
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 343419
for: 3 Blockflöten (SSA), Alt-Glockenspiel, Schlagwerk und Klavier
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1545265
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Soli (TTB oder SSB), Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 243234
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1543990
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; oboe [trumpet], 2 violas, 3 trombones colla parte ad lib.
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675533
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 242499
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 152212
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443945
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768420
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768418
for: Voice (soprano), string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 649272
for: Voice (soprano), string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 649271
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 217046
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632889
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498396
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690453
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231427
Single part Trumpet 1, 2
Item no.: 248135
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 649781
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 773079
Weihnachtskantate. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235635
for: Youth string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334898
Single part
Item no.: 347604
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684085
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424838
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 424737