“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: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1037009
for: Trombone [euphonium] (violin and bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 771921
for: Descant recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 483317
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034152
for: Viola
Music lesson book
Item no.: 374821
Fantastic violin duets for well-established beginners
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 247083
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Chor II (hohe Stimmen) optional und Ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1632986
Selected from the 2023 & 2024 syllabus
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1343636
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 628288
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345292
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697259
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 260960
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674555
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 456924
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 666988
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 285354
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 119521
for: Flute Trio and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 186780
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score
Item no.: 339162
op. 89
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1557187
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 245931
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330775
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781480
for: Bb/C Trombone BC/TC
Book, CD
Item no.: 471906
Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era 17
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 208206
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 649886
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 645204
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 191437
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722315
for: Classical guitar
Study book
Item no.: 301130
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 137400
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 117787
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 486231
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 198334
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 191802
for: Tenor, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867875
Instructive edition in German-English-French-Italian
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284294
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 444129
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256606
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620179
for all saxophones
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 395596
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 443587
for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 160869
Easy original studies for the young player
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 135060
Opera in two files, eight pictures and an epilogue
according to the Novelle of the same name by Zofia Posmysz
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 664732
European choral music of the 19th century
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 669171
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 550567
for: Piano
Music lesson book
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