Whether you are after works like Debussy’s rich, sweeping portrayal of the sea, La Mer, or Mascagni’s passionate tale a woman betrayed, Cavalleria Rusticana, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonders and marvels of impressionism and verismo today!
The subtle blurring of a picture, the scenting and illuminating of the world around us, the radiant purity of impression, this was the path of a group of young French artists lead by Claude Monet, whose painting “Impression – Soleil Levant” gave this artistic movement its name, and its purpose.
Impressionism in music mirrors the artistic movement, using atmospheric tonality to blur the pictures, clear melodies clouded by complex harmony, using chromaticism, whole-tone rows and exotic scales, but above all, introducing bold and inventive instrumentation, to create new sound impressions and varied, contrasting moods.
Verismo, which comes from the Latin “verus” or truth, is a clear move away from the romantic tradition of using tales from the past, with an emphasis on story-telling, and instead focusing on reality, and a true representation of human character and emotion. Verismo is the Italian Operatic antithesis of the German mythological operatic movement of Richard Wagner, and his new form of musical theatre. Verismo operas are characterised by their impressive, dramatic musical portrayal of realistic, modern themes from everyday life, with a great contrast between the light and the dark human characters, qualities and emotions.
La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530960
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344828
édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 8
for: Organ, snare drum
Item no.: 1008788
für kleines Orchester
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Chamber orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1658055
for: Kammerensemble (gemischt), Harfe
Score
Item no.: 1201261
Adattamento Per 4 Arpe
for: 4 Harps
Score, Parts
Item no.: 997686
from Deux Arabesques
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290809
for: Alto or Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 427903
für 2 Orgeln und Schlagwerk
for: Organ, percussion
Study score
Item no.: 637125
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 407383
Klassik
for: Flute or Violin and Piano
Book
Item no.: 407334
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 556176
'Das Kind und der Zauberspuk'
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 578819
Im Anhang: Auszüge aus den Erinnerungen von Jacques Durand (1924/1925)
Musikwissenschaftliche Publikationen 47
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 780418
Scène lyrique
Repertoire Explorer
for: 3 solo voices (STBar), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 561261
Studienpartitur /frz)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1345131
Klassik
for: 2 Trumpets, Horn and Trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531045
Db
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553462
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1612046
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1589355
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916176
Klassik
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 984156
for: Oboe, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736188
Flute Attack
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 584064
for: 4 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1612034
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630079
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630076
for: Soprano Saxophone Solo or with Piano accompaniment optional
Sheet music
Item no.: 1598273
for: Bass Trombone Solo or with Piano accompaniment optional
Sheet music
Item no.: 1598267
Music for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 815411
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1629854
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307466
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307400
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630626
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630619
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630227
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630219
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630217
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630211
Tarantelle styrienne
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 673069
for: Clarinet, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 202991
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 132508
Transcribed for piano solo by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382265
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1619935
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301542
for: Alto saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301532
for: Trumpet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301527
for: Violin, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301513