“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.
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235743
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 198334
for: Trombone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199047
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Score
Item no.: 142179
for: Flute; basso continuo ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 200250
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 562315
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 318858
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772034
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
20 choir scores
Item no.: 772020
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316200
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318161
for: Classical guitar
Music score, CD (audio)
Item no.: 693989
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 326889
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697259
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 630610
for all saxophones
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 395596
English version by P. Catty
Book (reprint)
Item no.: 140556
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781480
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167439
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 285354
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 444129
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 359455
New edition with supplementary exercises
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 382325
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 117787
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635515
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1037009
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 645204
Fantastic violin duets for well-established beginners
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 247083
Bärenreiter Urtext
of the New Mozart Edition
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116801
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674555
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 550567
Instructive edition in German-English-French-Italian
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284294
for: Trombone [euphonium] (violin and bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771921
Jubilate
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232820
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663072
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 395134
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 486231
Easy original studies for the young player
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 135060
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330775
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 629867
Exercises For Advancing Players
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 663968
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360112
for: Descant recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 483317
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034152
for: Bb/C Trombone BC/TC
Book, CD
Item no.: 471906
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 260960
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 685302
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620179