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: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464269
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 404436
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401420
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1510
aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen, Fantasien, Versetten, Fughetten und Fugen" (Heft 3, Nr. 9)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4860
für zwei Manuale zur Abwechslung des Forte und Piano
Nr. 7, aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen ..." Band 1
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4496
für Klarinette in A und Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 668108
In Two Books
(Nos. 1–5)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316456
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488273
for: Piano, clarinet [violin], viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 561259
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 492991
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 586483
Operette in einem Akt
Le Mariage aux Lanternes
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 444902
Operette in einem Akt
Piano reduction
Item no.: 443606
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 359732
Suite im alten Stil für Streicher
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 359728
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283778
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 635980
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Score
Item no.: 117238
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 608525
aus op. 335 und op. 92
for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 128745
gleichzeitig auch Material zu Violinkonzertfassung (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 161016
kplt.
for: Harp
Item no.: 130141
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 134490
A Cycle of 16 songs for low voice and piano
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 157666
Fragment aus Goethes "Harzreise im Winter" (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 157482
op. 113
for: Cello
Item no.: 287480
Ausgabe für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379175
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 163498
Suite for Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664963
for: Trombone, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 129690
Cello-Bibliothek
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 605955
Urtext Edition, clothbound
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1640747
Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401096
für Klarinette, Horn (Violoncello) und Klavier, op. 75
for: Clarinet (B-flat), horn (F) [cello], piano
Piano score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3694
for: Alto flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736743
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796116
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 274924
for: Cello and Bassoon
Buch
Item no.: 228638
In Full Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 244779
Revised version (1903-1904, rev. 1905)
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 732549
for: Harp, piano
Item no.: 558443
EMB Moments Musicaux for Violoncello 6
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198033
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 374447
Leichte Werke
Orgel Plus 12
Musik für Orgel und Instrumente
for: Violin, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 367387
easy to play through all keys
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 693586
Bouffonerie in einem Akt
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 744882
für Flöte (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Flute
Item no.: 359797
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