“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: Flute, cello, piano
Item no.: 359501
for: Flute [violin], cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 677576
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416704
for: 2 pianos
Piano score
Item no.: 378356
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 172809
for: 2 trumpets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4558
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486509
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 478792
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388499
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337599
2. Fassung 1877
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409798
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647748
for: 2 violins
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 108897
adapted for Great Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762529
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 397233
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 355275
for: Organ
Item no.: 225260
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 197844
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 330347
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796115
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 469218
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 335466
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3406
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
for: 2 violins [oboes], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2701
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1104
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 664506
for: Alphorn (G-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271633
by G. Paisiello (from 'L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara')
for: Clarinet, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656702
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 300923
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 655551
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 499293
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 290017
Transcription
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750203
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 492350
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 624521
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 494782
For Alto Recorder & Keyboard
Volume II: Sonatas 3-4
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 462626
for Alto Saxophone
Collection Vincent David
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Single edition
Item no.: 684958
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229011
for: Violin, viola
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116507
Dramma giocoso in two acts KV 588
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116427
for: Piano
Item no.: 609735
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 216438
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613114
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265340
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665443
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