“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.
100 easy original classical piano pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751017
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 498497
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 300111
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 605967
Volume 2
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 187645
arrranged for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284292
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 577389
Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 576354
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 565749
for: Harp
Item no.: 549592
Burlesque de Don Quichotte. Streicherset: 3,3,(1),2,2,1
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten) (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 142051
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 857571
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 765302
for: Mandoline
Item no.: 582504
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 634504
for: Trumpet, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 561284
Piano Lessons by Cornelius Gurlitt
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 285657
Version for Viola
with marked and unmarked string parts
Free Download of Arpeggione part
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174171
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Item no.: 359400
for: Flute [violin], clarinet [viola], bassoon [cello]
Score
Item no.: 326210
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 431618
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 494137
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 476328
for: Flute, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 158408
for: Double bass, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 392828
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 458352
for: Trumpet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244352
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 394933
for: 5 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599633
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1270868
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1600645
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630349
for: Trumpet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240559
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431795
for: Accordion
Item no.: 213446
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 412562
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 655711
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 607773
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 497420
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1160612
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 873561
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 275978
for: Treble recorder [flute]
Item no.: 261952
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 276041
for: Flute [violin], clarinet [viola], bassoon [cello]
Set of parts
Item no.: 107274
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 301256
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696041
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 170432