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.
op. 447
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1471
aus der Ballettmusik „Der Nussknacker“, op. 71
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
Couplet (Zsupán) aus der Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron"
Transponierte Ausgabe
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4027
"When at night I go to sleep" from "Hansel and Gretel"
for: Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 738103
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607224
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781740
Op. 14
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1563133
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2086
per canto e pianoforte
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4070
Die australische Nationalhymne
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
Transcription
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750203
im Stil von Antonio Vivaldi, op. 15
für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3406
für zwei Manuale zur Abwechslung des Forte und Piano
Nr. 7, aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen ..." Band 1
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4496
for: Alto flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736743
Revised version (1903-1904, rev. 1905)
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 732549
für Klarinette, Horn (Violoncello) und Klavier, op. 75
for: Clarinet (B-flat), horn (F) [cello], piano
Piano score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3694
Paris, 1900
for: Oboe [flute/clarinet (B-flat)/violin], cello [viola/bassoon/clarinet (B-flat)], piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5249
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6455
per canto e pianoforte
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4071
Impromptu
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 761499
Schlusschor aus der 9. Sinfonie ("Europahymne")
leicht bearbeitet für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2034
Newly engraved from early editions
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 760159
op. 9, Nr. 2
for: Viola, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1191
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 743254
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 759840
"Petit Concerto"
for: Guitar, orchestra
Stimmensatz Oboe I, Oboe II, Horn I, Horn II, 4 Violinen I, 4 Violinen II, 2 Violen, 4 Violoncelli/Kontrabässe
Item no.: 729127
on a Mozart theme (“Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”)
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Partitur und Stimme Flöte
Item no.: 1209538
Selected Popular Compositions for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748775
aus FWV 61
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1202
March upon Handel's "Lift up your Heads"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748776
Original Pieces
for: Flöte und Klavier, Basso ad libitum
Score, part
Item no.: 758516
Nr. 1 aus "Muntre und angenehme Orgelstücke im eleganten Stil, durch die gebräuchlichsten Durtonarten"
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4420
aus FWV 61
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1201
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735564
aus der Schauspielmusik zu Ibsens Peer Gynt, op. 46, Nr. 1
Bearbeitung für Flöte, Klarinette und Klavier
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat), piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2171
Ninna-Nanna
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3291
Favorite Melodies by Franz Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 736353
pour orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 746464
from Symphony No. 5
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740141
from The Nutcracker
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722262
from Peer Gynt
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722325
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026408
33 Beautiful Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758499
Jerusalem
for Voice (Medium / High) and Piano
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2982
op. 90/3
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759100
Introduction et Variations concertants
for: Cello, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739935
from Holberg Suite
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759070
from Suite Bergamasque
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722242