“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: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 818680
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 818657
for: Solfege
Book, CD
Item no.: 818606
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 818585
for: Piano Quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 818569
for: Xylophone
Book
Item no.: 820483
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 820476
for: 2 alto saxophones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 820433
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 820364
for: Brass ensemble (11 parts), latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 820362
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 820316
for: Percussion and Piano
Book
Item no.: 820232
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 820216
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 820199
for: Brass ensemble (15 parts), latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 820131
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 820127
for: Percussion and Piano
Book
Item no.: 820114
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 820103
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 411869
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 411765
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 411764
for: 2 violins
Score
Item no.: 411761
for: Viola, piano
Score
Item no.: 411607
for: Cello, piano
Score
Item no.: 411571
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 411528
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 411522
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 411430
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 411413
for: Vocal Solo and Choir SATBB
Book
Item no.: 819580
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 819575
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819569
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 819471
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819457
for: Medium Voices
Book
Item no.: 819383
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819370
for: Brass ensemble (11 parts), timpani, latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819223
for: Blechbläserquartett
Book
Item no.: 819220
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 819076
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 1655541
for: Vocal Mezzo-Soprano or Tenor
Buch
Item no.: 1583157
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1178499
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1178186
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 213146
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 188539
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 645862
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 641869
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 632270
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