“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: Tenor saxophone; piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 649921
for: Opera
Book
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Oboe
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
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for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
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Music lesson book
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for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
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for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Organ
Choir score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Violin
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
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for: Lute
2 Music lesson books
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from Suite Bergamasque
for: Piano
Music score
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Level Two – Teacher's Answer Book
for: Piano
Teachers book
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for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199408
for: Voice, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
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for: Piano
Music score
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Complete theoretical and practical method for organ-playing in three parts
for: Organ
Music lesson book
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for: Violin, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice
Piano reduction
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for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Music score (reprint), Playback-CD
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The Bartók Performing Editions
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
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An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 677221
Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 627276
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 198730
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor, Orchester
Study score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 148048
for: Voice (soprano), violin [flute/oboe], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 274135
for: Violin
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 273439
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 612162
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279260
A Musical Fairy Tale for Children with 9 easy piano pieces
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 490560
Faber Piano Adventures
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 661184