“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.
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 565595
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 497384
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043431
for: Youth symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687645
for: String Orchestra and B.C.
Score
Item no.: 389503
for: Clarinet
Score
Item no.: 388836
for: Cello and BC
Score
Item no.: 263185
for: Violin, String Ensemble and BC
Score
Item no.: 263139
for: Violin, String Ensemble and BC
Score
Item no.: 263017
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 262712
Intermediate pieces for playing school music with winds
For the second year of a wind class or young band
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 475579
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 262817
for: Violin, Cello, String Ensemble, Organ
Score
Item no.: 262699
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 193082
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1043656
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir part Soprano 1
Item no.: 1042894
for: Cello
Music score, CD
Item no.: 347843
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 236621
for: Alto recorder, 2 flutes [3 flutes/ violins/ oboes], basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 200396
for: Tuba
Music score
Item no.: 189283
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1676678
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1552255
for: Trumpet, organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 114415
complete
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 642061
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674013
Item no.: 381727
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 478888
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 614287
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 896969
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 665465
CD
Item no.: 159058
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675441
Sur Des Sonnets De Pétrarque
for: Mezzo Soprano Voice, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 920962
for: 3 Violinen, Violoncello / Kontrabass
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 180092
for: ABFL (OB/FL/VL) BC
Item no.: 178600
Textbuch/Libretto
Item no.: 1634062
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184562
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, drums)
Score
Item no.: 665384
for: SOLI (T) MCH (+ BLECH)
Score
Item no.: 602614
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476857
für Streichquartett
String Attack
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 479177
for: Treble recorder, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 420917
for: Soli (Sopran, Alt), Flöte, Streichquartett
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 283357
for: Harpsichord
Score
Item no.: 391645
for: Alt-Blockflöte, Streicher und Cembalo
Partitur und Stimmen
Item no.: 1632735
for: Alt-Blockflöte und Klavier oder Cembalo (mit Violoncello oder Viola da gamba ad libitum)
Item no.: 354089
for: Organ
Item no.: 288640
for: Children's Choir [SSA] and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910048