“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 a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 583901
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 774949
for: Classical guitar
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 766962
for: 6 Männerstimmen (AATBarBarB) a cappella
Score
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for: Voice (tenor), piano
Item no.: 353268
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 346649
for: Level 2 Book
Book
Item no.: 277683
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612334
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 192872
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 676196
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 481954
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 765202
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 327125
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 674177
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 206328
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 389766
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 606286
for: Voice (high/medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 764779
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 471291
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476962
for: Voice, big band
Score
Item no.: 805052
for: Piano
Card game
Item no.: 662561
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 1317974
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Buch
Item no.: 477817
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 657030
for: Piano 4 hands [2 pianos 4 hands]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 563892
8 songs for upper voices
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 692550
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 465164
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 417665
for: Voice (soprano), flute, harp
Ensemble score
Item no.: 859699
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 558073
Violin Grade 1-3
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 294725
for: Flute Duo
Buch
Item no.: 279977
for: Flute [recorder/oboe]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 397460
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 199754
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 455640
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 149012
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316204
for: Viola, piano
Book
Item no.: 315751
for Voice and Guitar
ars instrumentalis 080
for: Voice, guitar
Score
Item no.: 109143
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1169985
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 642362
easy arragements for children's ensemble
for: Flexible ensemble (2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat), cello [double bass/bassoon], piano; percussion ad lib.)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 192416
for: 2–4 violins
Music score
Item no.: 642285
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 262388
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 203049