“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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Ensemble score
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for: Organ
Music score
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Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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Music score
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for: 12-stimmiger Frauenchor (4S,4Mez,4A) und Orchester
Study score
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Music score
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Flute
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Music score
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
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for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
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for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
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Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
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London, B1 Bs. Add. 31501, II-III
Tastata – Opere d'intavolatura d'organo e cimbalo
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Music score
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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for: 3 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
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for: Flute, violin, guitar
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Guitar, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Oboe, bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos
Score, Parts
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for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
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for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
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for: Accordion
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Reduced Version
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Choir score
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Organ score, solo part
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score, online audio
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for: Treble recorder [flute], piano
Piano reduction
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for: 2 classical guitars
Set of parts
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for: Harp, piano
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for: Piano, orchestra
Book
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Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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Edited by the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
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Ensemble score
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Urtext Edition without fingering
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Flute
Music score
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
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for: Bass and Drums
Einzelstimme
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Music score
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for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
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for: Clarinet
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