“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: Electric organ
Item no.: 108625
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552157
Urtext Edition, clothbound
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Arrangement for women's choir
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 605266
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 198147
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 228253
for: 12-stimmiger Frauenchor (4S,4Mez,4A) und Orchester
Study score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Cello
Item no.: 287480
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 198510
for: Flute
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: 2 violins, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298883
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283778
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 225379
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379175
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 378564
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 184773
Clarinet/ High Clarinet /Bass Clarinet
for: Clarinet
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 382998
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125045
for: Trombone, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 129690
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 282912
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 162246
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 487064
High Voice
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 494589
for: 5 strings
Study score
Item no.: 391493
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 355809
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 212402
for: 2 pianos 8 hands
Item no.: 627342
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 124762
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 107494
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796413
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 557646
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796116
London, B1 Bs. Add. 31501, II-III
Tastata – Opere d'intavolatura d'organo e cimbalo
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 773422
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418474
for: Violin
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 339836
op. 5 / op. 47
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 780131
Revised version (1903-1904, rev. 1905)
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 732549
Edition Schott
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739639
for: Clarinet (B-flat), horn (F) [cello], piano
Piano score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3694
for: 2 flutes [violins], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2414
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
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