“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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Clarinet, piano
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
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for: Recorder, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
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for Youth Orchestra
18th century Hungarian Dance Melodies from Manuscripts of Pozsony
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 256115
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Violin [flute], piano
Ensemble score, solo part
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for: Piano
Spielpartitur, Sammelband
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Opera seria in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Melody instrument (C), basso continuo
Ensemble score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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Versions 1837 and 1852
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Violin, cello
Score, Set of parts
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for: Voice (high), basso continuo
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: 2 flutes, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
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for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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"Stadler Quintet"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Clarinet (a), 2 violins, viola, cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
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for: Guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
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16-part Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Voice (soprano), piano
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for: Piano
Music score
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Music score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Low Voice, Organ, Trumpet
Buch
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Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, piano
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for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Set of parts
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for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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23 Easy Concert Pieces from Five Centuries
for: Alto saxophone; piano ad lib.
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Klassik
for: Flute, cello, piano
Buch
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Organ
Sheet music
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Suite for Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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The Essential 18th-Century unaccompanied Repertoire for treble recorder
for: Treble recorder
Music score
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for: Trumpet
Music score (anthology)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
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for: Descant (soprano) recorder, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
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