“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.
op. 5 / op. 47
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 780133
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1051054
Adelaide
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 796532
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 749065
Edition Schott
for: Violine, Horn (F/B) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 736360
for: Piano, Cornet
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612255
Cm
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612455
from Suite No. 3
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722311
12+1 Songs for solo piano on Poems by Women
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1354891
14 Medieval Piano Solos
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1354897
per canto e pianoforte
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4070
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella: string orchestra ad lib.
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella; Streichorchester ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 742440
A Collection of new Dance-rhythms
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759181
Russian Dance
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724088
aus den "Kinderszenen", op. 15
bearbeitet für Klarinette oder Trompete und Klavier
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1085
D
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612144
for: 4 trumpets [4 cornets]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607573
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 668
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1104
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 732099
in memoriam Giovanni Paolo II
for: Violine und Viola (Violoncello)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 752765
Die australische Nationalhymne
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
from the Orchestral Suite No. 3
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726043
for: Alphorn (G-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271633
Hob. XVIIa:1
for: Piano 4 hands
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4556
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 691a
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1050
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1510
aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen, Fantasien, Versetten, Fughetten und Fugen" (Heft 3, Nr. 9)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4860
for: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210239
on themes from the opera by Georges Bizet
for: Klarinette in B (Violine, Sopran-Saxophon in B) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 750800
für zwei Manuale zur Abwechslung des Forte und Piano
Nr. 7, aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen ..." Band 1
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4496
for violin, viola and violoncello
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score
Item no.: 748075
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 738008
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1046044
für Klarinette, Horn (Violoncello) und Klavier, op. 75
for: Clarinet (B-flat), horn (F) [cello], piano
Piano score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3694
for: Alto flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736743
op. 5 / op. 47
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 780131
Londoner Trio Nr. 1
for: 2 flutes [violins], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2414
Revised version (1903-1904, rev. 1905)
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 732549
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 723650
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726000
per Flauto traverso e Basso
for: Flute, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 756729
Trumpet Voluntary from "Choice lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinet"
for 2 Trumpets and Organ / Piano
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3483
for: Violin, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 722445
for bassoon and string quintet or string orchestra
for: Bassoon, string quintet [string orchestra]
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 749339
Edition Schott
for: Oboe (Flöte, Violine) und Basso continuo (Cembalo, Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 747343
per canto e pianoforte
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4071
Aria aus dem "Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach"
bearbeitet für Chor (SATB), Oboe, Streicher (ad lib.) und Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe, basso continuo; strings ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2051
F-Dur
for: Flute, bassoon, piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1213