“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: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 662722
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 287694
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 257642
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 324733
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 146711
for: Orchestra, Ensemble, String Orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 315446
for: Unison Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 606754
for: 2 melodic instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1357130
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 346312
aus dem Vorspiel zur Märchenoper "Hänsel und Gretel"
Time for Brass
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 471239
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (2), Tl, Ctto, Posaunen (3), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337609
for: Horn, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 331780
Partita
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: SBFL ORG
Ensemble score
Item no.: 191753
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777582
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 915955
for: 2 oboes
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1127398
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 860326
for: Voice, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 327884
for: 2 GES (AT) 4 BFL BC
Set of parts
Item no.: 163863
for: 2 VDG STR BC
Ensemble score
Item no.: 141015
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897923
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317505
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317769
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 645818
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 489735
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996739
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 367455
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 751318
Ein Singspiel zu Weihnachten
für Kinderchor, Klarinette, Viola, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts (instruments)
Item no.: 583596
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656106
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 811413
Small advent cantata
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orgel oder Streicher
Choir score
Item no.: 760368
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [clarinet/tenor saxophone], organ
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1488
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 458335
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 376086
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 229218
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 156204
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 182021
for: Tenor saxophone [soprano saxophone], piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 333669
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 202006
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 1665098
for: Violin, viola
Score, Parts
Item no.: 579589
for: 6 BFL (SSAATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 174462
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 433944
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 291391
from Christmas Oratorio, Part II
for: Clarinet choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1645372
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392128
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