“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. 14
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1563133
for: Descant recorder [violin/cornett], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2911
Chaconne, from: Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627
for: 2 flutes [oboes/violins], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2722
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1485
op. 447
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1471
Edition Schott
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Music score
Item no.: 729706
op. 5 Nr. 12
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1177
for: 3 treble recorders [violins], basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2064
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1479048
for clarinet, violoncello and piano
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 729694
Nr. 3, aus "Schlichte Weisen", op. 76
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1769
for flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat and bassoon
for: Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette in B und Fagott
Set of parts
Item no.: 748163
aus der Ballettmusik „Der Nussknacker“, op. 71
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 731386
Suite for orchestra (1919) arranged for 2 pianos by Achilleas Wastor (2015)
for: 2 pianos
Noten 2 Exemplare zur Aufführung nötig
Item no.: 760180
Klātbūtne (Presence)
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 724876
13 Duets for 4-Hand Piano...& Everyone else!
for: Piano 4 hands
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1354890
Ab
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026337
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034152
12 musing, meditative pieces for intermediate pianists
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1354905
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2086
KV 618
for: Melody instrument (C), organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1550
Arie des Orféo aus "Orféo ed Euridice" (Wiener Fassung)
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/alto), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1365
à tre, 2 V. e Violone, o Arcileuto col Basso per l’Organo
op. 3/1
for: 2 violins [oboes], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2701
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Violin [flute], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3491
zusammengestellt aus der "Wassermusik"
bearbeitet für Trompete und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Trumpet in D, organ [piano]
Organ score, solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 5604
bearbeitet für Streichtrio
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3097
aus "Pièces de Clavecin, Dix-Huitième Ordre"
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 4243
Original music by George Gershwin, arranged by Fazıl Say (2005)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740031
for violin and double bass
for: Violin, double bass
Score, part
Item no.: 752788
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6455
Paris, 1900
for: Oboe [flute/clarinet (B-flat)/violin], cello [viola/bassoon/clarinet (B-flat)], piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5249
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272482
for: Trumpet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1565518
Arie des Sarastro (mit Männerchor) aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1482
aus der "Krönungsmesse", KV 317
bearbeitet für Singstimme und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Voice (high), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2456
op. 12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724891
"When at night I go to sleep" from "Hansel and Gretel"
for: Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 738103
Nr. 3, aus "Schlichte Weisen", op. 76
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1771
on a Mozart theme (“Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”)
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Partitur und Stimme Flöte
Item no.: 1209538
Edition Schott
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 755325
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781740
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607224
Arietta des Cherubino aus der Oper "Le Nozze di Figaro"
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1753
(The Book)
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 750242
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