The turn of the 19th century saw the dawn of Romanticism. This artistic and cultural movement was constantly striving for new ideas and new beginnings, during a particularly turbulent time in social, political and natural history. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the romantic masters and their works today.
The reason and order of the classical period were balanced out in the romantic period by emotion and imagination. The word romanticism is derived from the French literary terms roman and romantique. Programme music uses melodies and instrumental colours to tell a story, to take the listener on a musical journey. The most prominent of all program music is undoubtedly the symphonic poem, created, explored and developed by composers such as Franz Liszt and Bedřich Smetana.
Compared to the Classical Period, the melodies of the romantic period became less and less regular and symmetrical, and the harmony more and more chromatic and dissonant. As the romantic period progressed, the possibilities of traditional tonality became more and more exhausted, and the beginning of the 20th century saw the departure from classical structure and form, and the movement towards modern and contemporary classical music.
In order to broaden the sound palate which set the mood and atmosphere for the romantic period, new instruments began to appear in the orchestra, and voices began to be deployed, choirs and soloists began to be introduced into traditional instrumental works. Throughout the 19th century, the fashion was expansion, both in music for Symphony Orchestra and in Choral Music, the forces grew and grew, far beyond the imagination of any of the classical composers of the previous century.
In the 19th century, Opera flourished, be it Italian verismo, French "Grand Opera", or Wagner’s new world of music theatre. The most important opera composers of the 19th century were Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi.
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401382
op. 447
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1471
"From the New World"
Bärenreiter Urtext
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 693649
Tragedia giaponese in due atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296488
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360592
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 299986
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685909
2Second Version (1878) with the 1880 Finale
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 337522
versione in quattro atti
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
Dover Full Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 154205
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 290017
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401359
"The" piano concerto in Urtext – In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 608523
1-3, D 384, 385, 408
Urtext der Neuen Schubert-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116944
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 369296
ossia Il figlio per azzardo
Farsa giocosa per musica in 1 atto
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260778
High Voice
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564550
Chopin National Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779477
Collection Quintette Moragues
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 150163
Musica Rara
for: Oboe, piano
Item no.: 167780
2. Fassung 1877
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409798
Dover Full Scores
Book
Item no.: 173321
ludus instrumentalis 038
for: 2 clarinets (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 109072
National Edition - Miniature Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684120
Arrangement for two pianos
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679819
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 253462
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 560101
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401362
Chopin National Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344829
Die australische Nationalhymne
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202656
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796115
für Soli, Chor Orchester
Klavierauszug
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Piano reduction
Item no.: 473249
arranged for string quartet / string trio
for: 2–3 violins, cello
Score, parts, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 5123
National Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613114
Schule
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 257310
for: Piano
Item no.: 609735
Fifteen virtuosic exercises for the advanced pianist
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395209
für Harfe
for: Harp
Item no.: 383515
Totenmesse für vier Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
zum ersten Jahrestag des Todes von Alessandro Manzoni
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378814
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561233
National Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 344830
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 490915
pour harpe
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 669460
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 5 strings
Study score
Item no.: 391493
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552157
Überarbeitete Ausgabe
for: Solo voice (high), 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (quintet), piano
Music score, solo part
Item no.: 576394
Orientalische Fantasie
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383272
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