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: Flute, guitar
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for: Piano
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25 Transcriptions for Cello and Piano 2
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
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Based on the Critical Complete Edition, published by International Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 576354
for: 1–2 cellos
Music score
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Memories of the Alhambra
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682578
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 338435
No. 35–62
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 380373
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 740230
for: Flute, clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 157741
Urtext nach der neuen Brahms-Gesamtausgabe (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Violin, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552006
for: Piano, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 197742
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401424
for: Piano
Item no.: 401386
for: Piano
Item no.: 401171
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388617
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391910
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 443556
aus: Nouvelle Méthode De Flute
for: 2 flutes [clarinets/violins]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4146
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 695444
for: Harmonium
Music score
Item no.: 613226
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431795
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 360178
for: 3 cellos
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 476829
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 663370
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 691605
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 661309
for: Piano
Item no.: 173391
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Allowed reprint
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1202598
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 268853
Fantaisie brillante sur l'opéra „Carmen“ – Scène from the opera „Giralda“ by Adolphe Adam
Flute Collection
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 665914
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 162284
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Set of parts (reprint)
Item no.: 113889
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773494
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 662762
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLA VIOLA UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 472037
Favorite Melodies by Franz Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 736353
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478277
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 725003
from "Swan Lake"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 724999
No. 29 A minor and No. 30 A major
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724402
revised edition (replaces HN 36)
Fingering: Andreas Boyde
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647775
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 655360
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 486559
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