“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.
Easy Piano Pieces
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401099
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401088
Adelaide
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 796532
for piano two hands
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 779716
for 16 Wind instruments
for: Wind ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 766670
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 482911
Critical Edition of the Chamber Music volume 4
Clothbound
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (Hardcover), single parts
Item no.: 226447
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 694493
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 1561074
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 695133
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1591211
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607821
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 662901
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 108816
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026337
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 419549
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 357800
Edition from the first edition.
Provided with notes on the practical use
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125096
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 617570
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
for: Piano, Cornet
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612255
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 458816
for Violoncello and Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 421857
Piano Adventures
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 662560
Collection of important passages from opera and concert literature
for: Timpani [percussion]
Music score
Item no.: 353893
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1042993
for Voice and Guitar
ars instrumentalis 080
for: Voice, guitar
Score
Item no.: 109143
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 689641
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612455
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401375
for: Violin
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1343152
Complete Edition (Parts I-IV)
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 607291
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260778
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669727
for: Voice (alto/counter tenor), organ
Book and music score
Item no.: 364791
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 330404
With additional German and English lyrics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 697074
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697309
High Voice
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564550
for: Piano
Songbook
Item no.: 160083
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 1634240
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779477
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 371561
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 216168
Volume 1 and 2
First Publication
for: Piano
2 music scores
Item no.: 393465
for: 1–2 violins
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 171313
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 477210
12+1 Songs for solo piano on Poems by Women
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1354891