“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: Piano
Music score, online audio
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Critical commentary
Book (critical commentary)
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for: Voice, strings
Score
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for: 3 voices, 7 instrumentalists
Score
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for: Gesang, Flöte, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
Score
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for: Horn
Music lesson book
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1st version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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Klassik
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Music score
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for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Trombone
Music lesson book
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
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for: Violin
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Flute
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, string quartet
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed Choir, Violin and Organ
Study score
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for: Flute
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 370751
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano/organ ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Flute
Music score
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for: Viola
Music score
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for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 154880
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 634370
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 620763
from Opus 16
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Music lesson book
Item no.: 360163
for: Violin
Item no.: 298962
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano 4 hands
Book, CD
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for: Posaune
Book
Item no.: 311208
Volume 2 (Francais Anglais) (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
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for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score, online audio
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 287657
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Narrator, soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198784
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 328827
for: Piano
Music score
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Book
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Frauenstimme
Item no.: 113094
for low voice and piano
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 212534
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 404234