“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.
100 Great Classical Melodies easy arranged
for: Piano
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 494646
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
50 Popular Classics in Easy Arrangements
for flute and piano (with downloadable piano accompaniment)
for: Flute; piano ad lib.
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 657836
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music lesson book (urtext edition)
Item no.: 659960
for Violoncello and Pianoforte
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679977
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393009
Easy pieces for piano four–hands to play together
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 659340
Motet – "Jesu, meine Freude"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226945
New practical editions of 14 of Clara Schumann’s greatest songs
includes a CD of piano accompaniment
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 684082
for the beginning pianist with downloadable mp3s
23 Pieces
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 343754
from Clarinet Method Op. 63, Part 1, Vol. 1 (No. 14-27)
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 655558
His most beautiful piano pieces in a collection
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 682566
Selection of original pieces and transcriptions
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 499283
for flute and piano
Mitropa Instrumental Series
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 634029
Study edition commented by Alfred Cortot
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 649898
Easy pieces to play together
Duo-Schatzkiste
for: 2 clarinets (B-flat)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 659338
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
Piano Solo Book
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 659419
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681841
Entstanden zwischen 1965 und 1970 für verschiedene Schauspiel- und Zeichentrickfilme
in estnischen Kinderzimmern ein Klassiker
for: Children's choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 649498
HWV 348-351
Keyboard fireworks
for: Harpsichord [organ]; Flute [oboe/violin], basso continuo ad lib.
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 634734
für tiefe Singstimme und Klavier
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 300598
Geistliche Lieder für die verschiedenen Anlässe des Kirchenjahres, Gospels und Spirituals für Frauenchöre
Band 1
for: Women's choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 347056
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674555
by 22 Composers
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 605416
from the Children's and Female Choruses
for: 2 descant recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 659485
Shadow Water Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 558093
all Swiss-inspired character pieces by Liszt into a single volume
Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684326
Easy pieces to play together
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 659339
Preludes and Fugues I
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
You will find supplementary material online
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition), online media
Item no.: 577750
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 676965
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 188564
For the Late Beginner
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 273581
Oratorium für Soli, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Basso continuo
Erste kritische Ausgabe (Fassungen von 1747 und 1758/59)
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SMezTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 677322
Six Canticles of Creation
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641720
Oratorium
Klavierauszug XL
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 677222
for cello and piano
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649912
for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 649886
28 renowned Oratorio Choruses and Choral Works from the 17th to the 20th Centuries
for mixed chorus (SAM) and piano (organ)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 682182
Vier Bände
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 1–3 recorders
Music score
Item no.: 675534
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 680929
Five Collected Galway Editions for Flute and Piano
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 641091
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 675064
around 40 choral settings for SATB, some with piano accompaniment
- Delivery of the CD in July 2019 -
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Conductor's score, audio CD
Item no.: 682690
for female gospel soloist, mixed chorus(SATB) and jazz ensemble
for: Solo voice (S/A), mixed choir (SATB), jazz ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 680899
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675044
for two voices (SS) and piano
for: 2 voices, piano
Score
Item no.: 564919
for tenor and piano
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 681003
for soprano and piano
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 681001
Sinfonie-Kantate für drei Solostimmen (SST), gemischten Chor (SSAATB) und Orchester
Klavierauszug XL im Großdruck
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681541