“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.
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1011915
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 612899
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score, online playback
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for: Piano
Music score
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Revised and with the addition of a practice method by Fernand Gillet
for: Oboe
Music score
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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Book
Item no.: 259658
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 609914
for: Clarinet
Music score
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for: Flute
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316342
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Book
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for: Timpani
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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Lehrbuch Gehörbildung
Improve Your Aural! (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 606291
Complete Solfeggi Collection
for: Trombone
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 606714
for: Flute, harp
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163675
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 773493
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 475830
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SA), piano
Score
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8 of his best-loved choral pieces in new transcriptions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 767350
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 167086
für Gesang und Klavier (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice, piano
Songbook
Item no.: 134788
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 666998
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260620
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 225399
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 684556
for: 3 voices, 7 instrumentalists
Study score
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for: String orchestra, percussion
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 840262
for: Piano, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 649417
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1025254
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 635209
for soprano and piano
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 681001
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 370336
for: Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 336620