“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.
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Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 218422
for: Flute, 2 violins, viola, cello
Item no.: 158641
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 299972
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 183500
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 156103
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 137976
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 146320
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 137915
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 372693
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 431186
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 431187
Wind Set (18 parts)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 635478
nach der Henle Gesamtausge (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 611458
Urtext braves negligently notated autograph
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 602655
for: Oboe, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 557256
Leipziger Ausgabe Serie 3 Bd 9 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score
Item no.: 556782
LMA Serie III/11
Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (LMA
LMA III/11 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: VL 2 VA VC KB KLAV
Score
Item no.: 582047
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 286771
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 286734
for: Accordion
Score
Item no.: 299272
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 139580
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 137599
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 122846
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 325910
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score, Piano score
Item no.: 421488
Lachenmann Perspectives 6
DVD series about Helmut Lachenmann’s orchestral works
for: Symphonic orchestra
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 694058
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score
Item no.: 141639
for: Clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Score
Item no.: 186372
for: GES 5 BL
Item no.: 287001
for: Oboe, cello, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 286953
for: Viola, cello, double bass
Item no.: 286924
from the Music "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 349974
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 602029
Orgelkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 608692
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 375079
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 428558
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 428567
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 213961
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 277377
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1391
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298748
from: Cantata „Sleepers wake, a voice is calling“, BWV 140
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758654
“...miserably crooked”
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1663075
for voice (with percussion ad lib.)
for: Stimme (mit Schlagzeug ad libitum)
Score
Item no.: 1663061
for string quartet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1663041
Klavier
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 197173
for: school orchestra
Score, Parts (treble and bass clef)
Item no.: 1714023
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1701620