“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
Item no.: 244998
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 227321
Includes all spoken dialogue
Authoritative C. F. Peters edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 153467
Dover Full Scores
Book
Item no.: 140160
Messa a 4 voci con orchestra, SC 6
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 236973
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 445917
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 383724
Grüne Reihe Edition Peters
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382457
Albumblatt
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382095
Score
Item no.: 227642
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 378390
Klavierwerke in 5 Bänden: Band 3
for: Piano
Item no.: 360703
Ausgabe für Violine und Klavier vom Komponisten
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 360545
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 359697
für 2 Fagotte oder andere Tenor-Bass Instrumentenpaare
for: 2 bassoons [cellos]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 198376
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197865
in der ersten Lage
Essential Exercises
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 287479
Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen II
Kreisler Klassische Manuskripte 11
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201331
Music for Viola
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 123668
on themes from Bizet's 'Carmen'
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 165286
for: 2 double basses, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 164504
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 404395
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404355
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 404267
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 163506
High School of Cello Playing
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 163499
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 162049
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404301
for: Violin, double bass, piano
Piano score, 2 playing scores
Item no.: 165127
[solo tuning]
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 164312
for violin and piano
Accompaniments by Zino Francescatti
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 162292
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 162224
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 161830
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 1203682
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 768389
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 665502
for: Double Bass Duet
Book
Item no.: 404482
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404479
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404420
Arie Con Tromba 10
for: GES-H (S) TRP 2 VL VC KB BC
Item no.: 181706
Titelmusik aus dem US-amerikanischen Film "Forrest Gump" für Orchester (mit Klavier solo)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 625840
Books 1 and 2
Schirmer Library Of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 162134
for violin, clarinet and piano
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 136245
String Solo
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 395249
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240008
Saxophone Mib Et Piano
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 101025
pour clarinette en Sib et piano
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100877
Ed. Critica G. Guglielmo - Per Violino E Violoncello E Per Violino Solo - Volume Ii Nn. 13 - 26
for: Violin
Score
Item no.: 210907