“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.
Pied Beauty
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1667858
A Circus Musical for all kids under 100
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1668700
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 656634
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676883
Klassik
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 980884
National Edition
for: Orchestra and Piano
Study score
Item no.: 1539225
Klassik
for: Keyboard
Music score
Item no.: 982891
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 964705
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964718
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1103363
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982725
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1103191
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103205
Klassik
for: Choral
Piano reduction
Item no.: 980882
Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: Flötenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1667173
Women's Part
for: Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1119584
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163111
for Flute, Violin and Piano
for: Flute, violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1582885
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163696
Narrative pieces
Vol. 1 : Leiloona – Éole – Aloïs – Odeï
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 771454
Klassik
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
Item no.: 964801
Klassik
for: Voice (high), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982836
from 'Carmen'
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 1197132
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1177192
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103584
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 980911
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 981166
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1357822
An Extravaganza in One Act
Archive Edition
for: 3 voices, chamber orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 468345
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 366846
on Poems by Rabindranath Tagore
for: Voice (high), string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1666997
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1103507
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 980683
H.T. Fitzsimons Co
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1346654
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1634819
Klassik
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 1099214
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1099065
My Beautiful Morea
for: Violin, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 980685
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1161984
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 971636
Liriche per tenore
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1595937
Klassik
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1317894
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192513
sur des poèmes de Pierre Alferi,, Elena Andreyev, Valerio Magrelli, & Dominique Quélen
for: Voice, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1653457
s
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1087652
Klassik
for: Flute, Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Percussion, Viola and Cello
Study score
Item no.: 980824
Concerto pour violon et voix mixtes (choeur)
Score, part
Item no.: 675189
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982769