“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.
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for: Cello
Item no.: 180232
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 144457
for Clarinet (B flat/C), Bassoon, Horn (F/C), 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 617096
op. 42
for: Piano
Item no.: 617081
Streichquartett Nr. 1
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 577006
Originalkompositionen für Sopran, Blockflöte und Basso continuo.
for: GES-H (S) BFL BC
Item no.: 311124
Acht Tänze aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, eingerichtet für Blockflötentrio (AAT / SST)
Musik aus Süd-Italien
for: 3 recorders (SST/AAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 672255
für Englischhorn (oder Viola, Klarinette) und Klavier
for: Cor anglais, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 134513
KV 594, 608, 616
for: Organ
Item no.: 113482
16 bekannte Originalstücke von leicht bis mittelschwer
mit praktischen Erläuterungen
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636556
(Appassionata)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401504
1888-1896
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 358667
"O lieb', so lang du lieben kannst"
Notturno
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356440
Pop für Blockflöte
60 vergnügliche Übungs- u. Vortragsstücke im Populärsound
for: 2–3 descant recorders
Item no.: 283094
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 302220
original für Violoncello und Klavier
Viola-Bibliothek
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 296373
for: 3 recorders (ATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 242139
3 Tempi Play Along
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 223381
12 exquisite Piano Solos
Intermediate to Advanced Level
Willis
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 644453
für Violoncello und Basso continuo
L'arte del violoncello
for: Cello, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 418037
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 212832
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 369620
de 1 á 8
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 101193
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125084
Edited from autographs, manuscript copies and original editions and with fingering by Jan Ekier
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Item no.: 125056
Hegedűduók
EMB Music for Beginners
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 197877
pour saxophone soprano ou tenor et piano
for: Tenor saxophone [soprano saxophone], piano
Item no.: 298953
for: Guitar, harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 620735
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Flute, harp, orchestra
Piano score, solo part, 2 CDs
Item no.: 444143
DOWANI 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Viola, piano
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 347839
from "Der getreue Music-Meister" TWV 41:B3
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1019212
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390642
Per Voce Femminile, Clarinetto, Violoncello e Arpa Su Poesie di James
for: Vocal, Clarinet, Cello and Harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 389791
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1102985
mit Beiheft (Umschrift der Skizzen und Kommentar)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 383414
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 383088
arranged for two pianos / four hands
(Two copies required for performance)
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 611353
for: Piano
Item no.: 302987
Keyboard Ensemble Series
for: 2 pianos
2 music scores
Item no.: 349929
Bearbeitung für Klavier zu 4 Händen
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 360659
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 360554
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 189430
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 185688
Great Performers's Edition
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 318076
String Solo
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 316271
Piano Method
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316159
for: Flute, clarinet
Score, part
Item no.: 412376
Jazz
for: Flute, piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 271097