“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
Item no.: 1672116
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672143
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), string orchestra [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 1672128
Ergänzt und herausgegeben von Howard Arman
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 1671846
über ein Thema von Franz Schubert
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1671670
Op. 147
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 1670853
Lang Lang Piano Academy
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1670095
Arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615898
Teil 3. Die Moderne
for: Organ
Book
Item no.: 1669278
17 famous pieces for recorder & piano
for: Recorder, piano
Piano score, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1668888
for voice (with percussion and/or humming choir ad lib.)
for: Voice
Score
Item no.: 1668820
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1668797
for: Voice
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1668817
Fourteen pieces
on poems of Christian Morgenstern
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), flute, bayan, double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1668857
volume 1: Nos. 1–3
for: Cello, basso continuo
Score, part
Item no.: 1668432
from “Schwanengesang” D 957
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1646586
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667599
full score (complete edition / selected edition)
for: Voice, piano
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1667651
Nr. WWV 64 und 95
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1667601
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1645606
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, double bass (septet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1666896
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1666899
Vol. 26: Letters of 1874
Complete Letters in 35 Volumes and Supplements
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1665541
Overture – First printing posthumously 1851 (Rietz)
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1665556
for: Soloists, mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615907
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615927
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