“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: Saxophone
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 377677
for: Wind instrument (Treble Clef)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 589533
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 495076
for: Voice, piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 198608
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669601
for: Acoustic guitar [electric guitar]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 767206
for: Guitar
Music lesson book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 467441
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 341531
Music lesson book
Item no.: 257085
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 770545
Coronation Mass
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 685687
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 684901
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 682156
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 680093
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 677696
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
3 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 674637
for: Voice (tenor)
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 660055
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 658341
Low Voice
for: Voice (low), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 359824
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 299201
Eine Auswahl aus den Gesangsetüden für Kontrabasstuba
for: Tuba (bass)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 606505
fü Klavier zu 2 Händen
Dr. Yiu-Mei Hsiao gewidmet (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 378973
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 383108
Schule
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 988222
CHANT / AUDITION / ANALYSE
Livre du professeur
Study book
Item no.: 834220
CHANT / AUDITION / ANALYSE
Livre du professeur
Study book
Item no.: 833557
Complete methode voor individueel en groepsonderwijs
for: Violin
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 770108
LECTURE / RYTHME
Volume 8 - Fin d'études
Study book
Item no.: 833828
aus Opern und sinfonischen Werken
Band 3
for: Trombone [tuba]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 397653
aus sicheren Grundsätzen hergeleitet und mit deutlichen Beyspielen erläutert
2 Teile in 1 Band
Reprint Berlin und Königsberg 1776-1779
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 134236
Gitarrentechnik und Repertoire
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 601748
A systematic approach to technical development for Viola
for: Viola
Music lesson book
Item no.: 375088
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 664904
Méthode élémentaire
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 579606
del Rinascimento
Book
Item no.: 780896
29 febbraio 1792 – 17 marzo 1822
Fondazione Rossini Pesaro
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 780804
for: Flute
Book
Item no.: 780532
Ricerche e documenti
Book
Item no.: 779548
la composizione e la vita musicale nell'Europa dell'Ottocento
Book
Item no.: 777213
Book, CD
Item no.: 777202
Les Romantiques et l'Opéra / I Romantici e l'Opera
Sediziose voci. Studi sul melodramma 7
Book
Item no.: 773851
Heft 15
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 158792
analysieren und interpretieren am Beispiel des Soul
EinFach Musik
Book (softcover), CD
Item no.: 565061
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 393036
Un punto, un cosmo
Book
Item no.: 1008989
Musica antica nell'Italia del secondo dopoguerra
Book, CD
Item no.: 774227
Schule
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 971936