“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: Children's Choir and Piano
Piano reduction
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212164
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Opera
Study score
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for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
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for: 2 Pianos and Orchestra
Study score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
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for: Strings and 2 Horns
Study score
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for: Soloists [SMezA] and Orchestra
Study score
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for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
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for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 346033
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340628
for: Violin solo, string orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 335953
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 328285
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326263
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326262
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295667
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 278499
after the Chorale Prelude BWV 622 by J.S. Bach
for: String orchestra
Cello 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 260860
Version of 1851
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229338
Version of 1851
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229336
for: Violin, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 224200
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
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Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189524
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185174
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185169
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 184213
Overture to the Music to Shakespeare's Comedy
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 166975
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 165608
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 159029
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 154147
Organ Concerto No. 8 HWV 307
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Organ, orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 148389
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 147310
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770628
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 456379
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 456378
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 333991
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 213659
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189702
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Cello solo, cello/double bass (orchestral part)
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