“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 and Organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1041503
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1041074
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803713
No. 1-3
for: Flute, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 722559
for: Harmonium [organ manuals]
Item no.: 494935
for: 3 recorders (SSA)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 419301
for: Bassoon Quartet
Set of parts
Item no.: 1535265
Colne Edition Church Music Series
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 614790
for: 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1643698
for: Orchestra and Violin
Score
Item no.: 1539185
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 136170
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683634
for: Posaunenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 973961
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 690934
for: Concert band
Buch
Item no.: 185124
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 599285
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1009393
for: Trumpet, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 662363
for: Violin
Buch + CD
Item no.: 167174
op. 50
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736266
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658317
for: Harmonium
Music score
Item no.: 1203183
from the Nutcracker Suite op.71
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, 4 Single part
Item no.: 312419
for: Voice (soprano), strings
Score
Item no.: 462013
for: High Voice, Organ, Two Trumpets
Buch
Item no.: 1093704
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 919894
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1094756
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1094719
for: SATB, Children's Choir, Congr., Organ, Brass Quartet, Handbells, Timp
Score
Item no.: 1095379
for: SATB, Narrator, Brass or String Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1039924
for: High Voice and Organ or Piano or Strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 1038173
for: Medium Voice-Low Voice [F] and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1077041
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1077007
for: 3 flutes (trio)
FAKSIMILE
Item no.: 289445
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1583158
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 267740
for: 4 Horns [or 4 Trumpets]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 240673
for: Saxophone in Bb
Book
Item no.: 155567
for: 4 Flutes and Piano
Book
Item no.: 238315
for: Tuba [euphonium], concert band
Score
Item no.: 959101
Euridice
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 741086
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271821
Item no.: 611996
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1713993
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 924554
for: Recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 211754
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 186699