“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: Classical guitar
Music score
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Book
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Ab
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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Music lesson book
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for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Violin
Music score
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for: Piano, Cornet
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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for: Posaune
Book
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for: Recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for Violoncello and Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
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for: Cello
Music lesson book, online playback
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G-Dur op. 27/4
for: Voice (high), violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 57
for: Harpsichord
Music score (anthology)
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for: Organ
Music score
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The Original Edition
for: Piano
Music score
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Collection of important passages from opera and concert literature
for: Timpani [percussion]
Music score
Item no.: 353893
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 558073
Repertoire Collection
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score (anthology), Audio-CD
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Piano Adventures
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 662560
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA), piano
Piano score
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for: Organ
Study book
Item no.: 293430
Cm
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
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Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Songbook
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High Voice
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564550
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 1634240
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 601583
for: Countertenor oder Alt und Orgel
Item no.: 364791
Complete Edition (Parts I-IV)
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 607291
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779477
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669786
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ [orchestra]
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Score
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for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Work book (educational book)
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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12+1 Songs for solo piano on Poems by Women
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1354891
for orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196857
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 662564