“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.
aus: Teutsche Lieder mit dreyen Stimmen
München, 1583
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 6062
from "The Second Booke of Songes or Ayres of foure partes with Tableture for the Lute", 1600
for: Mixed choir (SATB), lute [harpsichord]
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Item no.: 3335
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 3121
Volkslied, WoO 33, Nr. 49
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor (medium), piano
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Item no.: 1343
aus: Vier Tantum ergo für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass
Gmunden, 1868
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 6181
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 3510
aus: "Der erste Frühlingstag", op. 48 (Nr. 1)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1972
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 3246
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4085
from "Ayres or Phantasticke Spirites for Three Voices", 1608
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4301
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 3166
für zwei Stimmen und Generalbass ad lib.
aus: Musae Sioniae, 9. Teil
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
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Item no.: 2790
D. 386
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1882
(Dresden, 1577)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 2070
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 2292
Hob. XXIII Anhang / Nachtrag
Psalm 31, 22-25
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 2477
op. 176, Nr. 9
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1372
aus "Deutsche Volkslieder", WoO 35
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 3482
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); basso continuo ad lib.
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Item no.: 3597
aus "Musae Sioniae", 9. Teil
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 1626
Communio zum 4. Advent
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4435
Bicinium für Sopran und Alt
aus "Musae sioniae"
for: Women's choir (SA) [2 solo voices]
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Item no.: 3517
aus: "Der erste Frühlingstag", op. 48 (Nr. 2)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1980
O wundersames tiefes Schweigen
aus "In Feld und Wald" op. 46 (Nr. 2)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 4681
aus: Newer Deudscher Lieder mit dreyen Stimmen, welche nicht allein lieblich zu singen, sondern auf auff allerley Instrumenten zu gebrauchen.
Breslau, 1584
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 5680
Zierlich ist des Vogels Tritt im Schnee
op. 59, Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4791
Trinkspruch für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 6011
aus: Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor, op. 55 (Nr. 3)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4311
aus: "Neue kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedlein mit dreyen stimmen nach art der Welschen Vilanellen"
Nürnberg, 1589
(transponierte Ausgabe)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 6262
aus "Hainhofers Lautenbüchern", 1603
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1152
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 6129
aus: Marienlieder für gemischten Chor
op. 22, Nr. 5
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 3132
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1594
Ein Frühlingslied zu vier Männerstimmen ohne Begleitung
Salzburg 1796
for: Male choir (TTBB) [4 solo voices]
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Item no.: 3891
Geborn ist der Emanuel
aus "Musae Sioniae" 6. Teil
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 2328
from "Ayres or Phantasticke Spirites for Three Voices", 1608
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 4299
aus: „Wirtzgärtleins Deutsch und Lateinischer Geistlicher Lieder ...“, Augsburg, 1619
eingerichtet für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4165
Aria zum 4. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
aus "Neue geistliche auf die Sonntag durchs gantze Jahr gerichtete Andachten ..."
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
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Item no.: 3923
aus "50 geistliche Lieder und Psalmen" (Nürnberg, 1586)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1415
aus "The First Booke of Songes or Ayres of foure partes with Tableture for the Lute" (1597)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), lute [harpsichord]
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Item no.: 1120
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4441
op. 41 Nr. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 3822
aus "Le premier livre de Chansons", Antwerpen 1564
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1129
Kanon für drei Frauenstimmen
op. 113 Nr. 4
for: Women's choir (SSA) [3 solo voices] a cappella
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Item no.: 3589
aus: "Neue kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedlein mit dreyen stimmen nach art der Welschen Vilanellen"
Nürnberg, 1589
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
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Item no.: 6338
aus: "Neue kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedlein mit dreyen stimmen nach art der Welschen Vilanellen"
Nürnberg, 1589
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 5643
aus "Wirtzgärtleins Deutsch und Lateinischer Geistlicher Lieder ...", Augsburg, 1619
eingerichtet für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4163
aus "Wirtzgärtleins Deutsch und Lateinischer Geistlicher Lieder ...", Augsburg, 1619
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
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Item no.: 4164