“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 female voice and piano
after poems from Kazimiera Illakowicz
for: Female voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 275544
for: Double bass, Poetry Reader
Score
Item no.: 692932
for: Soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1042887
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031695
for: Recorder
Book
Item no.: 306816
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 836792
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118978
for: F/Eb Horn
Book, CD
Item no.: 475915
for high voice and harp
for: Voice, harp
Music score
Item no.: 120668
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 552113
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 611530
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 316384
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 933806
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 229151
for: F/Eb Horn
Book, CD
Item no.: 554992
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 324934
for: Piano, Voice
Book
Item no.: 324676
Book
Item no.: 774035
for: Soloists, mixed choir, children's choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 112895
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 658732
Fifteen Songs
for: Voice, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1354887
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 686783
für Flöte, Viola (Violine) und Klavier
for: Flute, viola [violin], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 635168
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395252
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 364212
for: Viola da gamba
Book
Item no.: 114768
30 Classical Pieces
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs – anthology)
Item no.: 769302
for: Violin
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 609146
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 257377
for: Soprano, Flute, Cello and Piano
Score
Item no.: 858019
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 314015
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 620911
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 151427
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 1170002
for: Trumpet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 490710
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 395212
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 317063
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 292654
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 662563
for: Voices, narrator, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 352432
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 625885
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 635623
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101079
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 364326
for: Timpani
Music lesson book
Item no.: 294246
for: Treble recorder
Book
Item no.: 177169
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 466139
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632042
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