Few artistic movements have changed people’s perception of the world as much as classicism. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself all the wonderful music of the classical period.
In music, the Classical Period saw a departure from complex, contrapuntal polyphony, to the beginnings of a simpler homophonic structure, to melody and accompaniment. Polyphony however was not forgotten; all the major composers continued to use polyphony from time to time, and some of the most exciting classical movements use the modern fugue. A good example is Mozart’s Requiem, or Beethoven’s Great Fugue String Quartet Op.133.
The most important music form which came from the classical period is undoubtedly Sonata Form. Sonata Form is an elaborate structure that represents the ultimate pursuit of perfection in music. Sonata Form became the basis of all important musical works of the time: Concertos, Symphonies, Sonatas, and String Quartets. Through the progressive works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Opera developed out of the The Baroque Period, into the diverse classical form, with Opera Buffa and Opera Seria, serious or comic opera, championed by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Through the Classical Period, the piano overtook the harpsichord, and quickly became one of the most popular solo instruments, and certainly the most important accompaniment instrument. The orchestra grew, and new instruments such as the clarinet and contrabasson were added, and many other instruments developed, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, and became more virtuosic due to the new modern valve systems. Towards the end of the 18th century, however, many baroque instruments, like the harpsichord, which had been firm favourites of the The Baroque Period, were becoming more and more redundant.
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 733193
for: Alt-Blockflöte (Flöte, Violine), 2 Violinen (Fideln) und Violoncello (Bass-Fidel)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 793569
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 728178
for: 2 violins
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 727930
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 725832
for: Klavier (Cembalo), 2 Violinen und Bass
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784469
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784427
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783927
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783892
Serenade G major
for: 2 violins, viola [violin, 2 violas], cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 783466
E flat Major
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner und Streicher; Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784852
D major
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, Fagott, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784840
for: 2 flutes, strings
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 784777
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784705
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784607
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 755733
after Piano sonatas of Johann Christian Bach
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 760647
for: Cembalo oder Flöte oder Violoncello und Streicher
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 756664
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430673
for: Frauenchor (SSAA), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424298
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 725833
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 221808
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2, 3, Electronium
Item no.: 221466
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460014
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 221809
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 222070
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 873647
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 363439
for: HRN SOLO
Single part
Item no.: 168488
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797412
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 443823
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443818
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 224971
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 446854
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 274996
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 877520
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367929
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 657625
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 384171
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384160
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025067
Urtext of the Joseph Haydn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695433
Urtext of the Joseph Haydn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695432
Heft 4: Werke von Haydn (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: String orchestra (school orchestra); winds, piano ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 190387
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 872496
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 871077
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 745221
for: 2 soloists (SS), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682932
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
Worldwide