“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 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279948
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 254952
Edition Schott
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 731350
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 585160
on a Mozart theme (“Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”)
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Partitur und Stimme Flöte
Item no.: 1209538
for: BFL BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 345493
120 Duette aus acht Jahrhunderten
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 761663
In memory of Dmitri Shostakovich
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 659839
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 208330
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 672754
for: Guitar
Study score
Item no.: 1618814
"Prague Symphony"
Urtext of the New Mozart Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116504
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116478
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 287091
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 481609
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 362641
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 392876
for two violins, 2 violas and cello
Urtext
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 577002
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 472048
contains the unsigned solo part as well as the solo part arranged and annotated by Heinrich Schiff
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180584
for: Violin
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 131819
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197071
Part 2: BWV 870-BWV 893
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401228
for: Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Zink (ad libitum), Posaunen (3) (ad libitum), Basso continuo, Orgel, Violinen (2), Violen (2)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 183421
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205427
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 460392
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163194
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 138598
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 223884
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 283258
for: Sopran, Tenor, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 134080
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108874
Edited from the autograph and manuscript copies
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 125047
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391771
for: Piano
Item no.: 176099
für Gesang und Klavier
Original-Ausgabe für Hohe Stimme
Lieder in 3 Bänden, Urtext, Band 1 (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 360075
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382592
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796117
4 pieces for flute quartet (with optional piccolo)
Scherzando Instrumental Series (komplett) (complete)
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 147613
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 300212
for: Accordion
Item no.: 189199
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 216040
for: Piano and Violin
Book
Item no.: 136092
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 296517
Selected Popular Compositions for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748775
for: Alphorn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271645
for: 5 recorders (SSATB), basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3118
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3100