“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: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558187
for violin solo
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 750766
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 184126
Edition for Clarinet and Piano
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 379411
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat), piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2171
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 360533
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1479048
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203416
for: 2 flutes, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 463137
for: Cello, concert band
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 136987
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 245469
for: Cello
Item no.: 124388
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 174958
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197999
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 100879
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 244415
Book 1: Eight Romantic-Style Solos
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 689650
for: 2 cellos
Item no.: 200321
"Jupiter Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116448
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 359630
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1046592
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 364989
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401161
for Piano and Clarinet
Version for Violoncello
with marked and unmarked string parts
Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401401
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 373489
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 198223
Versions 1913 and 1931
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679499
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 661572
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113526
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796372
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664632
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 362802
for: Violin [viola], piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 466796
Il primo libro per suonare il pianoforte a 4 mani
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 278142
Reprint von 1873
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 242699
für zwei Dessus (Blockflöten/Violinen) und Basso continuo (Bc ausgesetzt)
Band 2
for: 2 recorders [violins], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675542
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 635770
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 609782
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 617444
Ouverture
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280821
for: Treble recorder
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117697
G 506
'La Casa del Diavolo'
Doblinger's Classical Music Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 282669
for: Drum kit
Music score
Item no.: 330013
for: Voice, cello, piano
Item no.: 478746
Operetta in three actes
Allowed reprint (1906, Doblinger, Wien)
spiral-bound
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1203304
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198921
for: 3 or 4 Flutes
Score, Parts
Item no.: 101018
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 253479