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: 2 violins, viola (trio)
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Violin
Music score
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for: Piano
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
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for: Voice (soprano), piano
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Spanish music of the 19th century
for: Classical guitar
Music score (with tabs – anthology)
Item no.: 306888
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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for: Keyboard
Ensemble score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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Easy Arrangements
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
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for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 217257
Oratorio
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 475480
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393684
op. 28, 29/9
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113366
The orchestra accompaniments are arranged for a second piano. 2 Copies needed to perform
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 1576
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 297190
Nach den Autografen, Abschriften und Originalausgaben (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125054
Offertorium in C
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237952
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
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for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLONCELLO VIOLONCELLO SOLO
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for: Cello
Item no.: 392872
Piano score
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Piano reduction
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for: Piano
Music score
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Musik für alle Gelegenheiten: Hochzeit, Geburtstag, Jubiläum, Begräbnis und andere besondere Feiern.
for: Viola, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
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for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Item no.: 603202
for: Salon orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester)
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for: Piano
Item no.: 565164
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
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for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
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for: Voice (low), piano
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for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Piano
Item no.: 287339
Book
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for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
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easy material
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
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for: Clarinet, piano
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391863
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