“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: Clarinet
Music score
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for: 4-Part Flexible Band
Score, Parts
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for: Organ
Music score
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Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
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for: Voice [Baritone] and Orchestra
Score
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Lyric book
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Tuba, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Violin
Music score
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3 Notturnos
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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Study book
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for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Clarinet
Music score
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for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SSATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano; double bass ad lib.
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 137442
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621648
English Renaissance rounds
for: 3-11 instruments (bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 603757
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 613864
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Conductor's score, audio CD
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Presented by Daniel Grimwood
more than the score...
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675015
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music lesson book
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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New Album for the Young
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
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for: Mixed choir (SSTTB) [5 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo; melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Piano reduction
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
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for: SAATBB a Cappella
Choir score
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for: Cello
Music score
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for: Trumpet
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
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in the I-III. position
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Cello
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
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for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
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Wedding Cantata – Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233546
Distinguished Choral Music
for: gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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