“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.
Impromptu
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 761499
A lullaby to awaken you?
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 755784
aus "Kinderszenen", op. 15, Nr. 1
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1405
3 Vortragsstücke
for: Double bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 723089
for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 737215
Schlusschor aus der 9. Sinfonie ("Europahymne")
leicht bearbeitet für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2034
Edition Schott
for: Gitarre und Streichquartett
Set of parts
Item no.: 732600
aus "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
bearbeitet für Solo-Sopran und Orgel
for: Voice (soprano), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 4034
Newly engraved from early editions
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 760159
aus der Kantate BWV 140
bearbeitet für Altsaxophon und Orgel
for: Alto saxophone, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2810
aus "Flores de Musica: pera o Instrumento de Tecla & Harpa"
Lissabon, 1620
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 5431
for: Bläserchor mit Orgel und Pauken
Partitur mit eingelegter Orgelstimme
Item no.: 760459
Couplet (Zsupán) aus der Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron"
Transponierte Ausgabe
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4027
(Chagrin d'amour)
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Music score
Item no.: 752522
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 760596
from the opera "The Dead City"
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 747179
WoO 19/2
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3818
for piano to 4 hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 732602
Canto Solo con 5 viole
for: Voice (high), strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5603
à 3. 7. & 11
aus: Polyhymnia caduceatrix et panegyrica
Wolfenbüttel, 1619
for: 3 soloists (SSB), mixed choir (SATB), cornett, 3 trombones, strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5847
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754044
Edition Schott
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 750023
aus "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof"
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1452
op. 9, Nr. 2
for: Viola, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1191
Arietta
aus A. Parisottis "Arie antiche"
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2467
Trinklied (Alfredo, Violetta) aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 1833
Choralvorspiel
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4259
"Petit Concerto"
for: Guitar, orchestra
Stimmensatz Oboe I, Oboe II, Horn I, Horn II, 4 Violinen I, 4 Violinen II, 2 Violen, 4 Violoncelli/Kontrabässe
Item no.: 729127
120 Duette aus acht Jahrhunderten
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 761663
for piano
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 750673
Edition Schott
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 731350
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SSA)
Music score
Item no.: 749872
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1840
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 759840
Maria sitzt am Rosenhag
Lied
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3277
Edition Schott
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 749611
for piano, violin and cello
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 741593
Latin Jazz Trio
for: 3 saxophones (AAT)
Score, parts, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 3713
aus: Canzoni per sonare con ogni sorte di stromenti, Libro primo (1608)
eingerichtet für Blockflötenensemble
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2503
per violoncello solo
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 726162
aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
bearbeitet für Violine (Oboe) und Klavier
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
op. 5 / op. 47
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 780138
Arranged from the Adagio from Clarinet Concerto KV 622
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 761376
Arie des Xerxes aus der Oper "Xerxes"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1248
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3489
Selected Popular Compositions for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748775
Quinto Ballo, aus "Primo libro delle musiche"
Ausgabe für 5 Blockflöten und Basso continuo
for: 5 recorders (SSATB), basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3118
aus FWV 61
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1202