“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: Flute [Oboe] and Piano
Score
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for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, CD
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score
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for: Voice
Music score (melody, lyrics)
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for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Wind instruments
Score
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for: SOLI gemischter Chor Flöte, Streicher, BLECH, [Orgel]
Score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
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for: Organ
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for: 3-Part Mixed Choir a Cappella
Einzelstimme
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for: GES PK
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for: Bassoon
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for: Voice, organ
Score
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for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
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for: Piano
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for: OB ORG (CEMB/KLAV)
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for: Piano
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for: Piano
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for: Voice (medium)
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Reprint der Ausgabe Wien 1839 (Faksimile) (Facsimile)
for: Piano
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 286689
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 338492
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 348958
LMA II/5
Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (LMA (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: 2 Klaviere ORCH
Score
Item no.: 283853
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 286979
P+StS
Musica Rara (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
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for: 2 OB 2 KLAR 2 FAG 2 HRN 2 TRP K-FAG
Score, Parts
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for: Voice (soprano), flute, basso continuo
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for: POS 2 VL BC
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for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Score
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Trio and Chorus from the Oratorio 'The Creation Hob XXI:2'
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 142112
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
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(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
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(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 429062
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 429061
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 143000
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 173546
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 460245
for: Percussion
Ensemble score
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for: Oboe
Item no.: 245980
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 156712
for: Violin, guitar
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