“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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
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Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
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Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Piano
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for: Trumpet
Instrumental Solo
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for: Flute
Music score
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Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Treble recorder
Music score (anthology)
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for: Violin
Music score
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for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
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for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
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for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Stimmen-Set
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for: Organ
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for: Flute, piano
Score, Parts
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for: Choir, piano
Score
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for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 239769
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Score
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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
Item no.: 468438
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4027
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 321523
for: Classical guitar
Music score
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fpr oboe and piano
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
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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
Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire. Violin I (Tutti) and Violin II
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 353889
for: Piano
Item no.: 118470
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Oboe, violin, viola, cello
Set of parts
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283724
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 294004
Music Of Our Time
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352472
"When at night I go to sleep" from "Hansel and Gretel"
for: Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 738103
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607224
Edition Schott
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 755325
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781740
für Pianoforte, Klarinette (oder Violine) und Horn (oder Viola)
for: Clarinet [violin], horn [viola], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
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for: Guitar
Score
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for: Violin
Music score
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Organ
Music score
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Oratorium für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Englischer Originaltext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382295
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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