Few artistic movements have changed people’s perception of the world as much as classicism. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself all the wonderful music of the classical period.
In music, the Classical Period saw a departure from complex, contrapuntal polyphony, to the beginnings of a simpler homophonic structure, to melody and accompaniment. Polyphony however was not forgotten; all the major composers continued to use polyphony from time to time, and some of the most exciting classical movements use the modern fugue. A good example is Mozart’s Requiem, or Beethoven’s Great Fugue String Quartet Op.133.
The most important music form which came from the classical period is undoubtedly Sonata Form. Sonata Form is an elaborate structure that represents the ultimate pursuit of perfection in music. Sonata Form became the basis of all important musical works of the time: Concertos, Symphonies, Sonatas, and String Quartets. Through the progressive works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Opera developed out of the The Baroque Period, into the diverse classical form, with Opera Buffa and Opera Seria, serious or comic opera, championed by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Through the Classical Period, the piano overtook the harpsichord, and quickly became one of the most popular solo instruments, and certainly the most important accompaniment instrument. The orchestra grew, and new instruments such as the clarinet and contrabasson were added, and many other instruments developed, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, and became more virtuosic due to the new modern valve systems. Towards the end of the 18th century, however, many baroque instruments, like the harpsichord, which had been firm favourites of the The Baroque Period, were becoming more and more redundant.
BR-JEB F 12
F-Dur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1654501
BR-JEB F 12
F-Dur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1654500
BR-JEB F 12
F-Dur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1654496
BR-JEB F 12
F-Dur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1654502
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1653679
for: Flute, clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1653678
for: Cello
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615877
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615884
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1615881
for: Cello
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615883
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1615887
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615885
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615886
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615880
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615878
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615879
Nr. 3–4 AbelWV C54–55
for: 2 flutes, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1652880
Nr. 6–7
G-Dur AbelWV C57–58
for: Flute, violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1653338
Sologesang mit Instrumenten und Orgel Heft 133
for: Voice (alto), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1646253
Based on Der Hölle Rache from Zauberflöte
for: 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1643697
Appassionata
Nach den Quellen
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1163150
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558922
12 Duette
for: 2 dulcimer
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 1651371
for: Oboe, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1651360
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651332
for: 2 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651265
Band I: 6 Sonaten ABV 12–17
for: Cello, basso continuo
Item no.: 1651208
Band II: 6 Sonaten ABV 18–23
Erstausgabe
for: Cello, basso continuo
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1651192
for: 2 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651176
for: Bass recorder
Music score
Item no.: 1651046
for: Descant recorder [tenor recorder]
Music score
Item no.: 1651045
"per la commedia intitolata Il Distratto"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615882
Klassik
for: 2 violas
Buch + Einzelstimme(n)
Item no.: 1650059
A Major
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1650855
Berliner Klassik, Serie A, Konzerte, Band 7
for: Viola (solo), 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1646260
Berliner Klassik, Serie A, Konzerte, Band 7
for: Viola (solo), 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1646259
Erstausgabe
for: Sopran, Flöte (2), Oboe (2), Horn (2), Streicher, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1646412
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1646186
Violoncello, Kontrabass und Gambe –
Quellen, Repertoire, Spieltechnik und Aufführungspraxis
ortus studien, Bd. 25
Book
Item no.: 1646163
with Bagatelle in A minor WoO 59 "Für Elise"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817288
"Der Philosoph"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615888
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1013353
Soli per il Flauto Traverso – 27 Volumi
for: Flute, basso continuo
Item no.: 1645565
for: Clarinet choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1645483
from Marriage of Figaro
for: Clarinet choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1645382
in honorem sancti Joannes de deo – Ausgabe C
for: Women's choir (SSA), strings, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 675794
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1644965