“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: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 605511
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [2 pianos, percussion]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775546
49 easy-to-play pieces in standard musical notation and tabulature
for: Guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 1478477
Art and Technique
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100810
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 658734
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 3–4 singing bowls, glass harmonica
Choir score
Item no.: 632189
for: Voice (soprano), violin, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 556727
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316206
Organ Improvisation
for: Organ
Music lesson book
Item no.: 239919
Level Two
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 303422
Lyric to Full Soprano
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 764978
Part 3. Modern and Contemporary Music
for: Organ
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1215729
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 631181
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 578493
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 176056
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201324
Collection Quintette Moragues
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 150163
for: Organ
Item no.: 154236
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 397704
for: 2 treble recorders, basso continuo
Item no.: 200403
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 194575
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 297096
A Collection of new Dance-rhythms
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759181
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612144
for: 4 trumpets [4 cornets]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607573
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Parts (2)
Item no.: 200246
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 585815
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 773325
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 636547
Score
Item no.: 328758
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 217812
CD
Item no.: 669773
for: 2 melodic instruments (C), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340386
(Teaching material)
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 616386
Book
Item no.: 173321
for: Flute, cello, piano
Item no.: 359501
adapted for Great Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762529
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 397233
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 197844
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 330347
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 355275
for: 2 clarinets (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 109072
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683416
for: 2 violins
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 108897
for: Piccolo-Flöte und Klavier
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 667322
for: Flute [violin], cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 677576
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416704