“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.
Urtext (erste kritische Ausgabe)
for: Solo voice (alto), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679015
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 827536
Materials For Communicating Music
Listening Lab 5
Book
Item no.: 657676
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany BWV 32
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232896
More than the Score
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674926
20 Progressive Pieces with Piano Accompaniment
for: Cello, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 618027
for female choir and water-tuned glasses
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA), glass harmonica
Choir score
Item no.: 634637
14 Vortragsetüden für Blockflöte – Sopranino / Sopran / Alt / Tenor / Bass
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 131519
Der Herr ist mein Hirte
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 607969
C
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029394
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163155
Em
for: Piano, Voice, Medium Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1561496
Donald Stauffer Publications
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1063124
Sonntag Estomihi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285521
Ausgabe für Violine und Klavier – Rekonstruktion nach dem Cembalokonzert f-Moll BWV 1056
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679978
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 697544
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 360679
with notes on interpretation by Artur Schnabel
Volume 2 (sonatas 13-23)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 282006
Music lesson book
Item no.: 494448
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung II (1725)
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 612174
In appendice Introduzione e Variazioni op. 9 su un tema di Mozart
Maestri della chitarra
for: Classical guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 626677
Peasant Cantata ("Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet")
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 voices (SB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685626
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 770852
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 770830
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 482516
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 465849
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 165448
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768943
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 768913
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 768876
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 483877
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 478181
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 930510
for: Voice, basso continuo
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 930747
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 929444
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 770848
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 337447
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930896
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1048868
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 355129
for: Voice, piano
Partitur
Item no.: 355017
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 497744
Prepared by the P. I. Tchaikowsky Scientific and Publishing Board
Petr Il'ic Cajkovskij – New Edition of Complete Works XII
Book
Item no.: 471737
for: Kinderchor (einstimmig) und Klavier
Choir part
Item no.: 471163
for: Sopran, 2 Alt-Blockflöten und Klavier; Violoncello ad libitum
Item no.: 1545458
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1565928
Music lesson book
Item no.: 474582
for voice and piano, low key
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 784137