“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: Clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1106836
for: Opera, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone Voice, Piano Accompaniment
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935211
for: Organ and Clarinet
Buch
Item no.: 1094890
for: Unison Voices or SA or SSA, Keyboard or C Instr., Orff Instr.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1094540
for: Double bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 769758
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1687841
for: SATB and Solo
Choir score
Item no.: 811987
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 808691
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1550957
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1214353
for: Choir, Piano Accompaniment
Score
Item no.: 834705
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 342283
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 325696
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 270107
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 269453
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 338857
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 822741
for: Flute, guitar
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1040941
for: Soprano/High Voice, Oboe, Percussion, String Orchestra [3-3-2-2-1]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1040249
for: SSA , Piano or opt. Chamber Orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1039259
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 658804
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 658219
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 443655
for: Women's Chorus
Buch
Item no.: 862146
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1037670
for: String Orchestra and Percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 1037265
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 898770
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 680541
for: String orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1077901
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1041014
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score
Item no.: 644682
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390176
for: Snare drum
Music score
Item no.: 140703
Italienische Arien aus dem 17. und 18. Jahrhundert
Mit einer Beilage: Studiervorlagen mit textnahen Übersetzungen und Hinweisen zu korrekter Aussprache
for: Voice, piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 580897
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685376
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 369263
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 331223
for: Soli, Kinderchor, Gitarre, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 312838
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 1547314
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 252761
for: Marimba, orchestra
Study score, Solo part
Item no.: 1023246
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 666366
for: Trumpet (solo), brass quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 142185
for: Tuba
Music score
Item no.: 1021563
for: Tuba
Music score
Item no.: 1021556
for: Tuba
Music score
Item no.: 462231
Manuscripts for Tuba Series
for: 2 tubas
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 462230