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: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201336
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1201243
for: Harmonium
Music score
Item no.: 1202178
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202088
for orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643944
for: SAX ENSEMBLE (SAAATTTBARBAR)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 179638
Leuckart-Chor-Ausgabe
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1106030
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor Op. 31 (Piano Reduction/Solo)
Violin & Orchestra Piano Reduction
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1344225
Concert Overture
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344268
String Quartet No. 2 in G (parts)
Chamber Music
Item no.: 1344176
for full orchestra with principal harps in E-flat
Orchestra
Item no.: 1340733
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 1344228
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 631202
Klassik
for: Voice (low), piano
Book
Item no.: 972136
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971978
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 971884
Klassik
for: 2 Voices and Organ
Book
Item no.: 971837
for: Women's Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 953687
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256460
from Symphony no. 3
for: 2 pianos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 885482
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696420
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696411
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696410
Opera Buffo
Lyric book
Item no.: 697674
Opera buffo in 2 Teilen und einer szenischen Ouvertüre
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 697645
erste kritische Edition
Musique sacrée française – Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 671637
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670421
Urtext
Die erste kritische Edition von Verdis Requiem mit komplett käuflichem Aufführungsmaterial.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670134
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
op. 45
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 660250
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
op. 45
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 660248
Amstel Concert Band
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208875
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043879
Book
Item no.: 118991
for: Piano
Item no.: 202682
for: Piano
Item no.: 210128
for: 2 oboes, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1016992
for: 2 violins, cello
3 single parts
Item no.: 183095
aus der Oper "Nabuccodonosor"
for: SOPRAN 2
Stimmen-Set (Frauenchor)
Item no.: 474349
Heft 3
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418551
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111071
WoO 18 ('Yorckscher') and WoO 19
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198135
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 314373
for: Voice (medium), horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 780475
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 295402
(Sprühe, Flamme, glühe EisenBringt eilig Hut u. Mantel mir), aus der Oper "Der Waffenschmied",
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308419
from "Variations on an Original Theme" ("Enigma Variations") op.36
Variation IX
for: Symphonic orchestra
Clarinet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682844
from "Variations on an Original Theme" ("Enigma Variations") op.36
Variation IX
for: Symphonic orchestra
Trombone, 3, Tuba (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682835
from "Variations on an Original Theme" ("Enigma Variations") op.36
Variation IX
for: Symphonic orchestra
Trombone 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682829