“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: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 273247
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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Starry Sky Cycle No. 1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 344569
Series: Richard Strauss Works – Critical Edition (RSW) 5
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 773524
for: Piano
Item no.: 101384
for: Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169729
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693638
for: Cello
Music score
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pour contrebasse et piano (original pour arpeggione et piano)
Collection Richard Dubugnon
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664026
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392499
for: 2 flutes [flute, violin], cello (trio)
Set of parts
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Score
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for: Voice (high/medium), guitar
Score
Item no.: 148535
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1541437
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 624261
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 557001
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1452
for: Viola, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1191
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108917
for: Treble recorder, violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 606909
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 622436
Score
Item no.: 381861
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205426
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 315684
for piano duet
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 150976
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116577
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 171593
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 411283
for: Accordion
Item no.: 191604
for: Harpsichord
Score
Item no.: 276211
op. 12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724891
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 300314
for: Piano
Music score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 190253
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 390209
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 106518
Music Of Our Time
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352472
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Oboe, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
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with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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for: Clarinet, piano
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 655463
with marked and unmarked string part
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561236
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 465880
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
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Based on the Sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635023
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