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: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 910283
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 908795
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 927955
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 895193
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 894432
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 893363
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 893167
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 892703
Sonata quasi una fantasia Moonlight
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 891798
Konzertwerk
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 890540
A Ballet in a Prologue and Three Acts
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 886532
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 898385
for: Piano
[deutsch, englisch, französisch, italienisch, spanisch]
Item no.: 468920
Konzertwerk
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 948481
Konzertwerk
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 948458
Konzertwerk
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 948199
Konzertwerk
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948141
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948022
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947635
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947622
Klassik
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967090
from The Nutcracker Ballet
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948954
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948753
Konzertwerk
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 948719
Piano reduction
Item no.: 604242
Postcard
Item no.: 483254
Testo Cantato In Italiano
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389060
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 108462
1st Position
Easy Concertos and Concertinos
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 215536
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 209142
for: 2 flutes, piano
Item no.: 130627
"Bohemian Suite"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 106124
for: Violin, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543410
Guitar Solo
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 815393
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 190342
for: Alto, SATB, Piano Accompaniment
Score
Item no.: 564787
Klassik
for: SATB Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 552442
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 402248
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284555
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 313614
replaces HN 1310
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796427
Complete Edition with critical report
Abteilung III
Band 5
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 773861
Konzerte Nr. 4 und 5 mit Kritischem Bericht
Beethoven Gesamtausgabe, Abteilung III, Band 3
for: Piano, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 745452
"Erzherzog-Trio"
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 696872
mit kritischem Bericht
Beethoven Gesamtausgabe Abteilung IX Bd. 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 673082
Mit abwechselnden Stimmen
Leichte bis mittelschwere Werke für Gottesdienst und Konzert
for: Organ
Item no.: 484908
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 763307
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