“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.
A Depression Message from a Hobo Friend
for: Voice, ensemble
Study score (facsimile)
Item no.: 743406
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 732116
from England (c. 1530)
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 732115
from Symphony No. 9
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732069
from Enigma Variations
for: Violin, piano
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
Music score
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from Messiah
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732057
from Symphony No. 5
for: Violin, piano
Music score
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from England (c. 1590)
for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 761342
4. Wales: Gwenllian
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748785
Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
for: Piano
Music score
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from Enigma Variations
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759102
from Suite No. 3
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759091
from Dido and Aeneas
for: Piano
Music score
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from The Marriage of Figaro
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759044
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722495
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722494
from Symphony No. 104 (London)
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722346
from The Planets
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722344
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722313
from Cavalleria rusticana
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722295
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722248
from ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722663
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722498
for: Voice, guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 1692288
Reprint Edition
for: Violin, guitar
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552352
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir part Bass
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for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 771379
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 696415
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 675608
Arranged for alto saxophone
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 168258
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 314136
for: für Singstimme
Item no.: 207807
for: für Soli: 4Sopran, 4Alt, 4Tenor, 4Bass, Chor SATB (bis 48 Stimmen) und Instrumente
Choir score
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 113418
Book (critical commentary)
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Pratica Musicale 2
for: Viola da gamba
Music score
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for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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Critical Report in Volume I – VI
for: Keyboard instrument
Book (critical commentary)
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Item no.: 310924
for: für dreistimmigen gemischten Chor (SAB)
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135364
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 611969
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590808
for: SSA, Violin and Viola
Score
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for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
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for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 837432
for: Narrator, horn (F), piano
2 Scores, single part
Item no.: 1024996
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