“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.
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233439
for: Organ
Item no.: 217231
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1425475
for: Concert band
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1428244
Set of parts
Item no.: 936774
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620990
Christmas Chorus
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Keyboard
Item no.: 1620982
for: Concert band
Bass clarinet in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1482582
for: Concert band
Baritone horn in B-flat, Bass Clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1482518
for: Symphonic orchestra
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1520925
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1410476
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 170119
Geistliche Kantate
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 643774
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Flute 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681833
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1365847
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1365843
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234739
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 161418
Weihnachtsoratorium
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 482970
Weihnachtsoratorium
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 482969
Urtextausgabe
for: Voice (high); piano ad lib.
Vocal score
Item no.: 817170
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 631378
mit Einlagesätzen für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Harpsichord [organ] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675556
KV 195 (186d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 443950
for: Gemischter Chor: SSATB
Choir score
Item no.: 552481
mit Einlagesätzen für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675551
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 210131
Lied-Motette
aus "Die Weihnachtsgeschichte" (1959)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116211
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1345968
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 343029
for: gemischter Chor (SSATBB) mit Sopran Solo
Choir score
Item no.: 1545501
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Einzelstimme Violine II (solo und rip.)
Item no.: 784784
3. Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht
for: Männerchor (TTBB) und Kinderchor (SMez) oder Frauenchor (SA)
Choir score
Item no.: 746989
arr. from the "Christmas Concerto"
for: Sopran-, Alt- und Tenor-Blockflöte (Violine)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748825
op. 57
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746710
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Soli, Sprecher und Instrumenten
Einzelstimme Streicher/Laute/Gitarre
Item no.: 729219
(Luk. 2, 1-20, Kürzinger)
for: Vorsänger und 2-stg. Kinderchor; 2 Instrumente (A-Bfl, V) ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 729201
for: Kinderchor (Mez) mit Männerchor (TTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 742604
for: Kinderchor (Mez) unisono (Singstimme) mit Blockflöten (c'' oder f') oder Violine und Klavier oder Blockflöte, Violine und Violoncello
Single part Violin
Item no.: 243033
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764118
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 587348
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; Glockenspiel [triangle] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 777032
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 912608
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 945821
Galopp
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 755872
(Weihnachtslied der Pifferari)
for: gleiche Stimmen (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 751872
for: Children's choir, instruments
Choir part
Item no.: 354648
Nun ist es Zeit, zu singen hell
for: Frauenchor (SMezA/SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 751695
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