“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: Violin [flute/oboe], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1063
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 659734
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 368694
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 411462
for: Cello, orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 665269
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 609488
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 179672
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 737110
for: Flute, harp [piano]
Item no.: 381273
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 661182
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557620
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Item no.: 200616
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 779168
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 619645
for: 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1703219
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
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for: Brass ensemble, organ [piano/keyboard]
Score
Item no.: 667779
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 389341
for: Voice (bass), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430933
Edition Immer
Reihe VII: Kammermusik mit Trompete
for: Trumpet [oboe], violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1351433
for: Mixed choir, piano
Chorbuch (Spiralbindung)
Item no.: 479692
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 848520
for: Oboe [recorder], guitar
Score, solo part
Item no.: 262044
für Englischhorn und Cembalo
for: Cor anglais, harpsichord
Score, part
Item no.: 661673
nach der Handschrift der Universität Yale, Lowel Manson 5005
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 682944
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 549336
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 767231
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 120937
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1396
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 315661
for high voice and piano
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 734616
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1549584
from: J.S. Bach, Suite BWV 1006a
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 731776
for: Mezzo / Baritone Voice, Piano Accompaniment
Book
Item no.: 411839
for: Violin, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 694284
7 European Salon Pieces by Wilhelm Popp
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 743088
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 613978
for: Lute
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 581977
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [flute/oboe/violin], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 414171
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 292317
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 552363
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025072
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019056
for: Piano
Item no.: 494071
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 477670
for: Treble recorder [flute/oboe], basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 122119
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 475532
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 211780