“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: Male choir; organ ad lib.
Item no.: 175288
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 174571
for: Organ
Item no.: 173785
for: Piano
Item no.: 169227
for: Piano
Item no.: 143485
for: Piano
Item no.: 135082
for: Piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 126359
for: Piano
Item no.: 125391
for: 2 pianos
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 105758
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Item no.: 1697138
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 563273
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 112487
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1126866
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 860440
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 470760
for: 2 violas
Ensemble score
Item no.: 331271
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 991418
Arranged for Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651322
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380538
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380329
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380316
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380251
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380234
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380169
from "Roumanian Folk Dances"
for: Double bass, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727932
from: Li-Na im Garten
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 725140
"Fie, Nay, Prithee, John" and "Under This Stone Lies Gabriel John"
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 730332
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382082
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382039
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382029
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382003
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381998
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381995
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381890
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381880
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1381847
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1381842
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1381831
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1381830
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1381792
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381747
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381736
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 1067029
for: Snare drum
Music score
Item no.: 1063434
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1061635
for: Trombone [baritone horn/bassoon], piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 1018877
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018411