“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: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 393036
Un punto, un cosmo
Book
Item no.: 1008989
Musica antica nell'Italia del secondo dopoguerra
Book, CD
Item no.: 774227
Schule
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 971936
Book
Item no.: 1209853
Considerazioni e guida allo studio con bibliografia ragionata
Book
Item no.: 1209838
Book
Item no.: 776218
Book
Item no.: 776148
Trascrizioni e arrangiamenti per orchestre delle scuole medie a indirizzo musicale, licei musicali, scuole di musica
for: school orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 775714
12 Études à écrire soi-même en 1ère et 3e positions
1er cycle
for: Viola
Music lesson book
Item no.: 607729
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663669
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 940244
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 579045
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 938806
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 943107
for: Guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 105902
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 939488
Grundlagen der Chorarbeit 1
Was Chorleiter wissen und können sollen
Music lesson book
Item no.: 104812
for: Guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), DVD
Item no.: 630848
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 665116
Handbuch der Gesangsdidaktik
for: Voice
Study book
Item no.: 347460
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 946391
for: Sprecher, Ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 616853
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 687611
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 550578
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1043688
Studi e Saggi 3
Book
Item no.: 773853
for: 1–2 violins
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 172852
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 376690
for: Classical guitar [electric guitar]
Music lesson book (with standard notation and tabs, anthology), Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 771272
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), Demo CD
Item no.: 767076
Dutch
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 552458
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 773354
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 772432
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 767453
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 765586
for: Choir
Teachers book
Item no.: 765490
for: Choir
Students book
Item no.: 765482
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 765478
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1031503
for: Oboe [cor anglais]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681647
Music lesson book
Item no.: 616840
for: Snare drum
Music lesson book
Item no.: 771592
for: Piano [keyboard/guitar]; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 771108
for: Tuba
Music lesson book
Item no.: 130661