“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: Trombone in C
Music score
Item no.: 588239
Volume 7: Pièces pittoresques et poétiques
C: 1910–1932
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431102
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781354
1883
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 487840
includes Poster Knight Moves
for: Piano
Music score, CD (audio)
Item no.: 626618
Based on the Sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635023
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404329
für Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 108938
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117453
aus der Geburtstagskantate BWV 208
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 486304
Nach Georges Bizet
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108917
für Flöte und Bc
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE QUERFLÖTE QUERFLÖTE UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 446857
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 190253
Musica Rara
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224599
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 605430
Edition Schott
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 755325
on a Mozart theme (“Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”)
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Partitur und Stimme Flöte
Item no.: 1209538
Tango över Psalm 303
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 768219
from Song of Solomon
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695749
for: BFL BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 345493
for piano 50th anniversary edition
24 short Piano Pieces in all Keys
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 492743
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817246
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607224
für Violine solo
exempla nova 660
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 672754
für Violine solo
exempla nova 345
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 460392
Maders kleine Musikbibliothek
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551037
original version 1878
Anton Bruckner Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409802
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781740
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116478
Edited from the autograph and manuscript copies
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 125047
Part 2: BWV 870-BWV 893
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401228
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 369296
für zwei Violinen und Bass
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3100
for piano four hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 756169
"Tālā gaisma" / "Fernes Licht" / "Distant Light"
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 726685
6 Sonaten und Suiten für Violine und B.c. (Bc nicht ausgesetzt)
London 1676
Collegium Musicum - Kölner Reihe Alter Musik
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658606
Arietta des Cherubino aus der Oper "Le Nozze di Figaro"
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1753
für Bassklarinette
for: Bass clarinet
Buch
Item no.: 1541858
for: Organ
Item no.: 157405
The Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr, in its traditional form
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116413
Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire. Leader and repetiteur of the first Violin.
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 134293
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 498712
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 140962
(With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles / Mit Pfeifen, Trommeln, Schilfgeigen)
Musik unserer Zeit
for: GES-M (MEZZ) 4 SCHLAGZ
Study score
Item no.: 170854
'Coronation Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116578
for: Recorder, piano
Book
Item no.: 493227
The four themes arranged for woodwind quintet
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 562150
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 464367