“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: Piano
Music score (anthology)
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Timpani
Music lesson book
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for: school orchestra
Book
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for: Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and French Horn
Score, Parts
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for: Cello
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Music score
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Book
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for: Trumpet
Music score, CD
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for: Flute
Music lesson book
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for: Violin
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: Hand drum
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
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for: Organ
Score
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for: Soprano, Flute, Cello and Piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
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for Violoncello and Pianoforte
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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for: Cello
Music lesson book
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for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Mezzosopran und Tonband oder für 3 Stimmen
Partitur
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Diary entries, personal messages
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Latin percussion
Music score
Item no.: 198534
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 255023
Mit Revisionsbericht
Hugo Wolf Kritische Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 475685
for: Classical guitar
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 119067
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285540
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Book
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Music lesson book
Item no.: 585250
for: Recorder
Book
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Score
Item no.: 228281
for: Violin
Music score
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for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
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