“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: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
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for: Violin, cello
Ensemble score (pdf download)
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for: Harpsichord [piano]
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Item no.: 3490
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [soloists satb], organ
Score
Item no.: 3470
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, parts (pdf download)
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for: Flexible ensemble (8 voices), percussion
Score, parts (pdf download)
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for: 2 violins [flutes], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5737
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
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for: Organ
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Item no.: 5697
for: 3 voices (SAB) [mixed choir (SAB)], basso continuo
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for: Organ
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for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
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Item no.: 5650
for: Organ
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for: Organ
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for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SABar)], basso continuo; 3 Melodieinstrumente (colla parte) ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5606
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 5554
for: Voice (medium), piano
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Item no.: 5502
for: 2 flutes [descant recorders, oboes]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5487
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 5435
for: 2 flutes [oboes/violins]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5385
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 5377
for: Flute [oboe/violin], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5327
for: Flute, violin
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5300
for: Flute [oboe/violin], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5255
for: Oboe, 3 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5250
for: Melody instrument (C), basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5247
for: Violin, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
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for: Flute [violin], basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
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for: Organ
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for: Harpsichord [piano]
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for: Piano
Piano Solo
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for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1024271
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1024244
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1024240
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6816
for: Treble recorder
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Item no.: 6614
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6475
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6467
for: Voice (soprano), violin [flute/oboe], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 6451
for: 4 voices
Sheet music
Item no.: 6443
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 6390
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6350
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6344
Nº 3, from: Dix Pièces pour Orgue ou Harmonium
Paris, 1899
for: Organ [harmonium]
Sheet music
Item no.: 6330
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6318
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6314
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025435
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025408
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