“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: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 142362
for: Piano
Item no.: 174007
Vier Arrangements für Streichquartett
String Attack
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 145891
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298946
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1201923
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 995566
Musik für Blechbläser und Tasteninstrumente
for: Brass ensemble, organ [piano/keyboard]
Score for trumpets in B-flat
Item no.: 667790
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748966
for: Piccolo trumpet, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1277749
for: 4 violins
Score
Item no.: 694932
für Streichquartett
String Attack
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 479177
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1684533
für Flöte und Klavier
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 1682172
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 236640
27 Two- and Three-Part Choruses for Children's and Women's Voices , Volume VIII, No. 1
for: Women's choir (3 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1634939
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 348112
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 137576
for: Guitar
Item no.: 1713916
in three parts
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749370
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 152396
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1713988
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 673373
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 907990
for: 4 horns (F), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031408
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1031354
for: 2 harps
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1026730
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1024981
for: Oboe, horn, piano (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1024133
for: Horn, string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1023575
for: 2 clarinets, bass clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1022808
for: Congr, Unison Voices or SATB, Descants, Organ, C or B-flat Instr, Perc
Set of parts
Item no.: 1093712
for: Unison Voices, Congregation, C Instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1093548
for: Alto
Book
Item no.: 177209
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 177110
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 401787
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 754163
for: Trumpet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 598169
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1137760
for: Organ (manuals)
Sheet music
Item no.: 4841
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 696371
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 166620
for: Trumpet
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1328481
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1660018
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126209
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899872
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899524
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 805051