“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.
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 772283
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 616811
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 279849
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 764797
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 275838
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 694202
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256465
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century No. 15
for: 3-4 melodic instruments, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 297380
for: Viola (oder Fagott), Kammerorchester
Score
Item no.: 420754
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383272
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 337891
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello (double bass) [string orchestra], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 122163
for: Streicher, Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 116321
for: Violin, guitar
Item no.: 130339
Nach Autographen und Erstausgaben
Band 2 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 125029
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 130671
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 120950
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 172716
24 Favorite Melodies
Easy Instrumental Duets
for: 2 trombones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 675980
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 806310
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 945703
Nos. 1-23
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 373657
Easiest Piano Pieces by P. I. Tchaikovsky
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759440
for: 1–2 accordions
Music score
Item no.: 125780
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 769145
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696703
for: Organ
Item no.: 357426
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283708
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 108844
from op. 40
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754273
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674599
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 608761
for: Bassoon, piano
Buch
Item no.: 214017
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 678743
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316498
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316330
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201570
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696693
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 619073
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 762022
in the styles: Klezmer, Irish, Portuguese, Spanish, Bulgarian, Italian, Russian
for: Clarinet (B flat); piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1582076
Winter
for: Violin solo, string orchestra, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 383142
(London 1720)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401315
Lyric book
Item no.: 385850
for: Organ
Book and music score
Item no.: 279331
for: 2 treble recorders [flutes]
Score
Item no.: 121321
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 147051
for: VL (FL) VDG BC
FAKSIMILE
Item no.: 266016