“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: 2 violins [oboes], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2701
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3406
for: Violin, viola
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116507
For Alto Recorder & Keyboard
Volume II: Sonatas 3-4
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 462626
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 283806
7 variations on the duet "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from the Opera "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 248021
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 335466
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 177687
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 208880
for: Piano
Item no.: 609735
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 494782
Including Suite de Clavecin by Christian Petzold
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 194732
for: Percussion
Music score
Item no.: 442934
Bärenreiter Urtext
with Fingerings
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172511
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665443
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201333
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 492350
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1104
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 121376
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 655551
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 499293
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265340
for: Trumpet In C and Piano
Score
Item no.: 240476
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 769520
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 627127
for: Piano
Item no.: 113792
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630393
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 164106
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, solo part
Item no.: 200596
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 216438
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 364090
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464269
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229011
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163190
with fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401068
Dramma giocoso in two acts KV 588
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116427
for: Trombone
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 587065
Études op. 10 and op. 25
Complete Works 2
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 375907
Three Poems
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635028
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 665212
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378814
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012810
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696043
for Alto Saxophone
Collection Vincent David
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Single edition
Item no.: 684958
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 300923
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 288600