“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.
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Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 301256
for: Flöte, 2 Geigen, Bratsche, Violoncello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 477562
for: Piano
Item no.: 612741
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 477945
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 466397
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 349010
for: Piano
Item no.: 149891
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773494
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 338435
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Book
Item no.: 886415
for: Piano, Trumpet and Strings
Score
Item no.: 863417
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 486559
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 465520
arrranged for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284292
for: Soloist, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 898899
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 631662
for: Klavier (linke Hand)
Item no.: 582838
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 555141
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431795
for: String Ensemble, Timbales, Organ
Score
Item no.: 176619
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170193
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 107210
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389059
for: Cello, piano
Score
Item no.: 388983
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 365266
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 658440
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 554858
for: Trumpet (B-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 482015
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602382
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 587034
for: Guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 494329
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1134963
Volume 2
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 187645
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 215170
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 478086
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
Item no.: 552949
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388617
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 358871
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358852
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 344454
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 191242
for: Piano
Item no.: 471284
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 174014
for: Blockflöte und Klavier
Score, solo part
Item no.: 550451
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 346308
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 155359
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 143072
for: Sopran solo
Score
Item no.: 1199480