“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: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
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for: Accordion
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Harp
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Organ
Music score
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Exerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire
for: Viola
Music score (anthology)
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Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
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A practical and easily accesible edition of suitable test pieces for Orchestral auditions for Bassoon.
for: Bassoon
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 382999
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 116561
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155616
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101235
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289320
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Flute
Music score
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for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272482
for: Trumpet
Instrumental Solo
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197618
for: Piano
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for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1703
Second Version with two Clarinets
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116466
for solos, choir, orchestra and organ
reduction for song and organ by the author
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 147125
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 656967
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 381053
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 120780
for: Flute, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 228791
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Score
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for: Choir, piano
Score
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for: Classical guitar
Music score
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for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music
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Suite for orchestra (1919) arranged for 2 pianos by Achilleas Wastor (2015)
for: 2 pianos
Noten 2 Exemplare zur Aufführung nötig
Item no.: 760180
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128169
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire. Violin I (Tutti) and Violin II
for: Violin
Music score
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1-3, D 384, 385, 408
Urtext der Neuen Schubert-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116944
for: Classical guitar
Music score
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Music Of Our Time
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352472
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Oboe, violin, viola, cello
Set of parts
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for: Flute, piano
Music score, online audio
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