“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: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 837703
for: Piano
Music score (reprint), Playback-CD
Item no.: 764798
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 471534
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 321259
The Bartók Performing Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 686829
(Teaching material)
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 583710
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 324223
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199408
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 838309
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 612162
for: Voice (soprano), violin [flute/oboe], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 274135
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279260
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 338550
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586731
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163361
Selection of original pieces and transcriptions
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 499283
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 395188
for: Voice (high), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 207494
from the opera "Der Freischütz"
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 317528
Lyric book
Item no.: 318295
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318155
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316362
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 635638
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 1317972
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 578081
Level Two – Teacher's Answer Book
for: Piano
Teachers book
Item no.: 662894
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 369256
for: Flute
Music score (spiral binding), online playback
Item no.: 642614
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 416701
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 609918
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 562316
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 444948
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 376854
for: Flute, harp
Score
Item no.: 238343
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 331504
for: Trombone in C [euphonium]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 433805
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 192906
for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 660292
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 672621
from Suite Bergamasque
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722242
Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 627276
Volume 2: 40 Etudes Faciles
(Collection 6 books)
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100741
A beginner's course
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 162334
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 195080
for: Voice (soprano), trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 184300
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 768380
Music lesson book
Item no.: 556197
for: Lute
2 Music lesson books
Item no.: 549753