“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.
Score
Item no.: 380750
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 380316
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 380212
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 304603
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 282799
for: 2 VL (SBFL) POS BC
Item no.: 282786
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 282770
for: Melody instrument (C), basso continuo
Item no.: 282691
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 282473
for: Treble recorder [flute/violin], basso continuo
Item no.: 215825
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 136192
Arie KV 435 (Set) (Set)
for: Voice (tenor), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305164
WV 393. Erstdruck
Erstdruck (Set) (Set)
for: Orchestra, harpsichord
Item no.: 305163
Sechs Sinfonien (Set) (Set)
for: Orchestra, harpsichord
Item no.: 305160
P. deest.
Erstdruck (Set) (Set)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 305148
P. 23 Erstdruck
Erstdruck (Set) (Set)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 305125
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 304866
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304802
Piano reduction
Item no.: 304699
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 304540
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 304523
for: Piano
Item no.: 304499
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309703
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309687
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309670
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309665
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309627
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309625
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309597
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309366
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309297
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309294
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309291
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309221
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309211
for: 2 HRN VL VA KB
Score, Parts
Item no.: 309205
for: 3 recorders (aat)
Item no.: 227742
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770936
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 637440
Bryan A 40 (Set) (Set)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 274571
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611456
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304745
for: Strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 282777
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1108945
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 186637
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1111977
for: für Kammerensemble und 100 Kazoos (Mirlitons, Membranophone)
Score
Item no.: 337092
for: 9 Blechblasinstrumente
Set of parts
Item no.: 278184
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