“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: Violin, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 464066
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401460
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193055
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582644
for: Baroque orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 484046
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 282744
für Oboe
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 662706
für zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675547
Maders Kleine Musikbibliothek
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551038
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1317297
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 152781
for: Cello, basso continuo
Item no.: 604181
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 309033
for: Oboe, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 641708
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Guitar, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392542
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1349755
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283701
for: Cello, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 622631
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 583369
for: 2 saxophones (AT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 348466
for: Violin, horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 133706
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Item no.: 195145
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 120388
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book, CD-Rom
Item no.: 226350
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 143758
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 373566
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100751
without fingering
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664942
Impromptu
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 761499
(from Préludes, Op. 28, No. 15)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741369
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1209476
A lullaby to awaken you?
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 755784
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 182151
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 151813
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 164474
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 583529
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 108677
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 475489
Nach Autographen und Erstausgaben
Band 1 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 125028
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 283745
Based on the Sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 637573
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 466264
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 586545
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198011
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 550457
for: Piano
Item no.: 311973
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113695
for: Drum kit
Music score
Item no.: 443521