“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: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Sonate Mignonne I
Item no.: 1473681
for: String Ensembles
Serenade, Op. 10 (Violin)
Item no.: 1473656
for: Piano
Les Jumelles
Item no.: 1473652
for: Piano
La Vauvré
Item no.: 1473648
for: String Ensembles
No. 19
Item no.: 1473615
for: String Ensembles
No. 20
Item no.: 1473614
for: Piano
No. 11
Item no.: 1473607
for: Piano
Posthumous, No. 55, in A minor
Item no.: 1473596
for: Piano
Opus 9, No. 1
Item no.: 1473594
for: Piano
Opus 62, No. 1
Item no.: 1473564
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Sonatina I
Item no.: 1473562
for: Piano
Sonatina III
Item no.: 1473560
for: Piano
No. 18
Item no.: 1473525
for: Piano
No. 24
Item no.: 1473512
for: Piano
No. 26
Item no.: 1473510
for: Piano
No. 28
Item no.: 1473508
for: Piano
No. 2, Valse Brillante, Op. 34, No. 1
Item no.: 1473506
for: Piano
No. 7, Valse, Op. 64, No. 2
Item no.: 1473501
for: Piano
No. 38
Item no.: 1473484
for: Piano
No. 42
Item no.: 1473480
for: Woodwinds
Sonatina
Item no.: 1473471
for: Piano
No. 22, Op. 28, G minor
Item no.: 1473436
for: Piano
No. 3, Op. 9, No. 3
Item no.: 1473430
for: Piano
No. 4, Opus 6, No. 4, in E flat minor
Item no.: 1473400
for: Piano
No. 19, Op. 72
Item no.: 1473395
for: Piano
Valse, Op. 69, No. 2, in B minor
Item no.: 1473390
for: Piano
No. 14
Item no.: 1473384
for: Piano
Valse, Op. 70, No. 1, in G flat major
Item no.: 1473382
for: Piano
No. 8, Opus 7, No. 4, in A flat major
Item no.: 1473375
for: Piano
Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2, in E flat major
Item no.: 1473368
for: Piano
Preludes, Op. 28, No. 6, 7, 8
Item no.: 1473353
for: Piano
Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15 (Raindrop)
Item no.: 1473350
for: Piano
No. 22
Item no.: 1473330
for: Piano
Etude, Op. 25, No. 12, in C minor
Item no.: 1473328
for: Piano
No. 26
Item no.: 1473319
for: Piano
Scherzo, Opus 31, in B flat minor
Item no.: 1473309
for: Piano
Scherzo, Opus 39, in C sharp minor
Item no.: 1473301
for: Piano
Sonata, Opus 4, in C Minor
Item no.: 1473298
for: Piano
No. 39
Item no.: 1473292
for: Piano
No. 46
Item no.: 1473278
for: Piano
No. 5
Item no.: 1473267
for: Piano
No. 51
Item no.: 1473266
for: Piano
No. 5
Item no.: 1473238
for: Piano
No. 29
Item no.: 1473215
for: Piano
No. 20
Item no.: 1473209
for: Piano
No. 23
Item no.: 1473206
for: Piano
No. 31
Item no.: 1473191
for: Piano
Exercises in sharps and flats
Item no.: 1473184
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