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 [violin], guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 373487
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 246287
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 1688191
O du Fröhliche für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 377095
aus: Die Geburt Christi
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338531
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338507
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 486973
Item no.: 609872
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202627
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel oder für Orgel allein
Nach dem Urtext herausgegeben und mit einer Orgelbegleitung versehen von Albert Kupp
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 336058
Die autographen Fassungen und die zeitgenössischen Überlieferungen
Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg 4
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 246475
known as "Messa per la notte di natale" / first edition
for: 3 soloists (TBarB), mixed choir (SATTB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 765232
Musica Sacra
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare/Brass Band
Score
Item no.: 879642
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589044
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSAATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1653186
for: SOLI GCH 2 OB 2 TRP-C PK 2 VL VA VC ORG (+ 2 FAG)
Score
Item no.: 181544
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802991
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203521
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587995
aus: Sechs zweistimmige Hymnen
for: 2 voices, organ
Score
Item no.: 296179
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 423618
for: Singstimme Orgel
Score
Item no.: 476401
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291805
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291801
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291796
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 592973
für die heilige Christnacht
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 1668999
Oratorio de Noel
for: Soli SMsATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel, Harfe
Score
Item no.: 1337241
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 238048
for: Voice (tenor), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 238042
Christmas pieces
Volume 2
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 610126
Brass Band
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595392
"in nativitate Domini"
Orchestral version
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 610790
Solo für C, Bb, F oder Eb-Instrument mit Blasorchester
Moderne Bearbeitung
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 487294
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible Instrumentation
Score, Parts
Item no.: 560829
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 993969
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664453
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684984
Meditation über das 1. Präludium von Bach
for: Mezzo-Sopran (Bariton), Violine (Violoncello) und Klavier (Orgel)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 105988
Offertorium für 4-stimmigen Chor und Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 413280
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381963
Hosianna Nr. 129
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 106670
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203394
(Inspired By Gymnopedie No. 1 By Erik Satie)
for: Frauenchor (SSA) und Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 884553
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374560
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 217137
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"op. 57
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Partitur
Item no.: 147122
op.52/6
D839
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581120
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