“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.
Opera in 3 acts
Piano reduction
Item no.: 748874
No. 5 Irish Tune from County Derry
for: gemischter Chor (SATBarBarB)
Chorpartitur mit unterlegter Klavierstimme zum Üben
Item no.: 748772
from Turandot
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1341213
from The Nutcracker
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722262
13 Duets for 4-Hand Piano...& Everyone else!
for: Piano 4 hands
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1354890
Fifteen Songs
for: Voice, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1354887
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035940
Diary entries, personal messages
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669518
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 862045
for mixed choir and organ
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 744005
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118931
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 364212
(Teaching material)
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 578111
for: Solo voice (S/A), mixed choir (SATB), jazz ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 680899
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1162060
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 1170002
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 620911
for: Latin percussion
Music score
Item no.: 198534
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 327478
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 255023
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118978
for: Double bass, Poetry Reader
Score
Item no.: 692932
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 620066
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167415
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 324934
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 443554
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 686783
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 968149
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 655945
for female voice and piano
after poems from Kazimiera Illakowicz
for: Female voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 275544
for high voice and harp
for: Voice, harp
Music score
Item no.: 120668
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 134534
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 658732
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 151427
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 316384
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 317063
Lyric book
Item no.: 318291
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 818200
for: Treble recorder
Book
Item no.: 177169
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395252
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 395212
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 229151
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 632252
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 282917
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 637075
for: Classical guitar
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 119067
for: Hand drum
Music score
Item no.: 228017
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632042