“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.
adapted for Great Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762529
for: Flute [violin], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 281559
for: Organ
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for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 397704
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
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for: Piccolo-Flöte und Klavier
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Voice (high), melody instrument, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
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Score
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for: 2 treble recorders, basso continuo
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for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 194575
19 Pieces for Double Bass and Piano
Bärenreiter's Double Bass Collection
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 616672
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 297096
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Ensemble score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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A Collection of new Dance-rhythms
for: Piano
Music score
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for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 355275
for: Flute, cello, piano
Item no.: 359501
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612144
for: 4 trumpets [4 cornets]
Sheet music
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for: 2 flutes (duet)
Parts (2)
Item no.: 200246
CD
Item no.: 669773
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 634394
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116465
für 2 Sopran-Instrumente (Violine, Blockflöte, Zink) und Basso continuo
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century 7
for: 2 melodic instruments (C), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340386
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 478792
2. Fassung 1877
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409798
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Violin
Music score
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for: 2 clarinets (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo parts
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for: Flute [violin], cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 677576
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 632648
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 311702
for: 2 trumpets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4558
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 585815
from “L'Estro armonico”
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 287174
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 172809
(Teaching material)
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 616386
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for violin, cello and guitar
for: Violin, cello, guitar
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683416
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Organ
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for: 2 pianos
Piano score
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for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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