“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: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
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12 Volumes in a Slipcase
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
12 Study scores (Urtext edition)
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Memories of the Alhambra
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682578
for: 2 violins
2 Performance scores
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Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Kontrabass, 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, Fagott, Kontrafagott und 2 Hörner
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 353294
for organ
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Piano
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from Handel's Operas for Mezzo-Soprano and Contralto
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (alto/mezzo-soprano), piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564547
for: für Klavier
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Based on the Critical Complete Edition of the Complete Works, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113076
for: für Klavier
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for: Flute
Music score
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for: für Violine und Klavier
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 112901
for two Saxophones
Universal Saxophone Edition
for: 2 saxophones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113651
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113616
for: 2 oboes, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 113573
for: für Orgel
Item no.: 113474
for: 12 Singstimmen, 7 Streichinstrumente und Klavier
Piano reduction
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for: für Koloratursopran und Klavier
Piano reduction
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for: für Klavier
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for: 2 soloists (SBar), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
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Collection of Easy Pieces for Children á la Schumann
Urtext on Čajkovskij. New Edition of the Complete Works
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Violin, piano
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for: 2 guitars
Music score
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for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
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for: für Flöte und Orchester
Score
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for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Study score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
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for: Flute, orchestra
Study score
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for: Violine, Violoncello Klavier ORCH
Study score
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for: Wind ensemble
Study score
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for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
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Eulenburg Miniature Scores
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Study score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (concertino), strings, harpsichord
Study score
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for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Study score
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for: Flute, string orchestra; 2 oboes, 2 horns ad lib.
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: 2 Flöten (Violinen, Oboen) und Basso continuo (Violoncello)
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for: Flöte (auch Alt-Flöte) solo
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for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
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