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.
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 619892
Arrangement for Narrator and Brass Ensemble
Simrock Original Edition
for: Narrator, brass ensemble (7 parts)
Lyric book
Item no.: 194077
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 278407
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, CD
Item no.: 498469
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 498468
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 696688
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318326
"Choral Fantasy"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 690029
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 601371
National Edition
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 1541371
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318313
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 933150
for: SATB with SST Soli
Book
Item no.: 932297
for: SATB divisi with STB Soli
Book
Item no.: 930603
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929374
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 931243
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 914430
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 162784
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 128640
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 554852
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Book
Item no.: 301244
Lyric book
Item no.: 318286
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317334
Easy pieces for the Pianoforte
Edition with Preface and Editorial Notes
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 184840
for: Voice (high), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 138370
Lyric book
Item no.: 306836
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 692775
for: Voice, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 634148
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1198878
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340622
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 154993
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 395485
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1556916
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 462767
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004529
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 198558
for: Women's Choir [SSA] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962297
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962162
for: Women's Choir [SSA] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962123
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 320325
for: Vocal and piano
Buch
Item no.: 1178012
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 817383
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1024909
1st and 2nd Versions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256609
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 467814
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 256132
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 559838
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