“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.
Critical new edition by Benjamin Gunnar Cohrs,
drawing upon the work of Alfred Orel und Leopold Nowak (2000)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 268802
Volume 1: Femmes de Légende
Edition in eleven volumes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 369081
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 431698
Durand-Salabert-Eschig-Signature Series
for: Piano
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 851262
Edition from the first edition.
Provided with notes on the practical use
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125096
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 498364
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 634370
The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises Arranged in a Simplified and Condensed Format
Includes the Complete Book 1 and Excerpts from Books 2 and 3 of C. L. Hanon's Famous Studies
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 150661
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401375
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
Book 2 of 2
Faber Piano Adventures® – All-in-two Edition
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 661047
(17th–18th centuries)
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 239521
Including first publication of two further settings
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 198547
Faber Piano Adventures®
2nd Edition
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 137932
plus Liedtexte
for: Viola, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 477627
für Sopran, Violine und Basso continuo
for: Voice (soprano), violin, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 556727
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 769371
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 773325
versione in quattro atti
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
for violin, cello and guitar
for: Violin, cello, guitar
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607504
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401362
Bärenreiter Urtext
previously 15,50 € (save 68 %)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 370393
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 656107
(1940, rev. 1986)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 655551
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 290017
The Masterworks Library
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 205614
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 241358
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 565554
G 506
'La Casa del Diavolo'
Doblinger's Classical Music Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 282668
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 581501
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 285717
National Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 344830
for Violin solo
Edited from the souce – Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665570
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582664
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582648
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561233
In Full Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 164106
arranged for Viola solo
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 1011750
Nr. 3, aus "Schlichte Weisen", op. 76
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1769
for clarinet, violoncello and piano
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 729694
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 562649
Clarinet/ High Clarinet /Bass Clarinet
for: Clarinet
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 382998
revidierte Ausgabe
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 184773
Fünf Sinfonien mit obligater Oboe(Oboe d'amore) bearbeitet für Soloinstrument und Orgel (Cembalo). Stimme für beide Instrumente
for: Oboe [oboe d'amore], organ [harpsichord/piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 117734
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 107227
Fingering and bowing for Violin: Eugène Ysaÿe
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 362805
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017726
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1530198