“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: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 357800
for: Piano, Cornet
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612255
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 458816
for: Cello
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 1355893
for Violoncello and Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 421857
for: Recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 180656
Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 57
for: Harpsichord
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 580927
The Original Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 770308
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1042993
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 689641
for: Organ
Study book
Item no.: 293430
for: Voice (high), violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 697326
Piano Adventures
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 662560
Repertoire Collection
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score (anthology), Audio-CD
Item no.: 665350
Collection of important passages from opera and concert literature
for: Timpani [percussion]
Music score
Item no.: 353893
Cm
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612455
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 137400
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401375
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260778
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697309
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669727
for: Piano
Songbook
Item no.: 160083
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 601583
for: Voice (alto/counter tenor), organ
Book and music score
Item no.: 364791
High Voice
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564550
Complete Edition (Parts I-IV)
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 607291
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 330404
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 1634240
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669786
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ [orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 465767
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779477
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 371561
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 477210
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 669780
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1558553
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 216168
12+1 Songs for solo piano on Poems by Women
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1354891
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 662564
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 578080
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 292288
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 217746
His most beautiful piano pieces in a collection
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 682566
for orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196857
for: Voice [choir]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 475518
Symphony cantata MWV A 18
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1641236
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612267
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 467135
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