“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.
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972216
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 972179
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972103
Klassik
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 972092
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971935
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971885
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 585112
Klassik
for: Violin or Oboe and Piano
Book
Item no.: 489984
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 984240
Klassik
for: Violin, Clarinet, Percussion and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 984152
Klassik
for: Mezzo and Ensemble
Book
Item no.: 984395
Klassik
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Book
Item no.: 984352
Klassik
for: Harp and Ensemble
Book
Item no.: 984309
Klassik
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Book
Item no.: 984234
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 984212
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 984195
Klassik
for: Violoncello and Chamber Orchestra
Book
Item no.: 984161
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229856
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229854
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229685
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1a (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444388
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 286744
Oster-Oratorium
for: 1. Tenor (Chorst.), 2. Tenor (Chorst.)
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 879426
Blasorchester
Einzelstimme
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 879384
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 879145
Klassik
for: Piano
Item no.: 879086
Bearbeitung für Chor
Groß ist Jehova
for: Frauenchor: SSA, Klavier ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 879000
for: Sopran solo, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 878995
Pieta Signore
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 878865
Serenata in zwei Akten
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NMA) I/I/5/9
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 878737
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) II/9
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 878693
Kantaten BWV 36b, 198, 205, 207. Anhang zu Kantate 207: Marche
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/38
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 878406
Partitur
Score
Item no.: 878253
for: Viola solo, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 878036
Opera buffa in 2 Akten (Fragment)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NMA) II/5/14
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 877861
Liederzyklus für mittlere Stimme und Klavier
nach Texten von Lotte Ingrisch
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 680912
Variationen über ein Thema aus dem III. Bild der Oper "Der Besuch der alten Dame"
for: Horn, violin, viola, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 680911
Acht Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Orchester
Text von H. C. Artmann
for: Voice (medium), symphony orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 680812
Oper in neun Bildern (in zwei Teilen)
Text nach Franz Kafka eingerichtet von Boris Blacher und Heinz von Cramer
for: Voices, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 680808
von Bertolt Brecht
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 680793
für Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott, Horn
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 680791
für mittlere Stimme und Klavier
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 680640
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669911
ZWV 21
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 669215
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 666964
Die vier Jahreszeiten - 24 Quintette
Nummer drei und vier
for: String quintet
Set of parts
Item no.: 666679
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696468
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696335