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.
für Violine (1. Lage) und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 175397
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1628848
in C minor, F major, D major
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666059
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891566
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 668219
Oxford Choral Classics
Choir score
Item no.: 376838
für Klarinette und Orchester
Ausgabe für Klarinette und Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 681337
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Music score
Item no.: 480300
for: Clarinet, horn, bassoon
Item no.: 312539
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with French and Spanish Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617498
Diese Ausgabe ist nur noch als Verlagskopie erhältlich!
for: Marimba [xylophone/vibraphone], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 343721
(Urtext)
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 561502
Komische Oper in 2 Akten. Deutsche Bühnenfassung von Paul Friedrich und Günter Rennert
for: Soprane solo (2), Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bariton solo, Bässe solo (3), Männerchor: TTBB, Flöten (2), Piccoloflöte, Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Pauke, Schlagzeuge (2), Streicher, Basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116356
for: Piano
Item no.: 285971
aus: Romanzen und Balladen II
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 212552
groß.Orch.Erg.
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 135116
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 130089
Tragic Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374752
Classical Play-Along Volume 20
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 812949
FlexBand
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score
Item no.: 811182
Brass Ensemble
for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 400724
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807650
Choral
for: SATTBB a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 806616
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803655
(Evening Violets)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815542
(from Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit) Discovery Level 3
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811777
(from Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit) Discovery Level 3
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811394
Musical bases for the accompaniment of the singing
for: Klavierbegleitung
CD
Item no.: 1534486
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801938
arranged for violoncello and piano
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 582977
27 Beloved Masterpieces for Solo Piano
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 658941
World's Greatest Class Music
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 563592
SAM-Klang
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1532685
SAM-Klang
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1532673
for: Cello, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297906
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 279721
Koenige Der Gitarre
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 128602
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 6 strings
Study score
Item no.: 391491
"Mozartiana"
for: Clarinet (A)
Music score
Item no.: 769759
For Flute And Piano (or Orchestra)op. 85
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1618908
2 Flöten
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Item no.: 1352044
From Lakme
for: 2 flutes, piano
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 242052
Joy Of
for: Piano 4 hands
Buch
Item no.: 417663
for: Clarinet in A and Piano
Book
Item no.: 313182
Clara Schumann Edition
revised and with fingerings by Wilhelm Kempff
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284321
Clara Schumann Edition
revised and with fingerings by Wilhelm Kempff
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284325
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 350681
ars instrumentalis 018
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 108987
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