Few artistic movements have changed people’s perception of the world as much as classicism. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself all the wonderful music of the classical period.
In music, the Classical Period saw a departure from complex, contrapuntal polyphony, to the beginnings of a simpler homophonic structure, to melody and accompaniment. Polyphony however was not forgotten; all the major composers continued to use polyphony from time to time, and some of the most exciting classical movements use the modern fugue. A good example is Mozart’s Requiem, or Beethoven’s Great Fugue String Quartet Op.133.
The most important music form which came from the classical period is undoubtedly Sonata Form. Sonata Form is an elaborate structure that represents the ultimate pursuit of perfection in music. Sonata Form became the basis of all important musical works of the time: Concertos, Symphonies, Sonatas, and String Quartets. Through the progressive works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Opera developed out of the The Baroque Period, into the diverse classical form, with Opera Buffa and Opera Seria, serious or comic opera, championed by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Through the Classical Period, the piano overtook the harpsichord, and quickly became one of the most popular solo instruments, and certainly the most important accompaniment instrument. The orchestra grew, and new instruments such as the clarinet and contrabasson were added, and many other instruments developed, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, and became more virtuosic due to the new modern valve systems. Towards the end of the 18th century, however, many baroque instruments, like the harpsichord, which had been firm favourites of the The Baroque Period, were becoming more and more redundant.
Lambacher Messe. Missa Lambacensis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1161196
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 2: B.c.
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421978
CW E 5
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234479
Oratorium
BR-CPEB D 3 (Wq 240)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1596281
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236723
Adelaide
for: Violin, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 728757
for: 2 violins
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 727921
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 734477
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 757231
aus "La rosière républicaine"
for: Streicher und Bläser
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784573
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784564
for: Sopran-Blockflöte und Streicher
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784526
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784501
for: Streichorchester (2 Violinen und Bass)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784463
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 784425
for: Orchestra
Single part Flute
Item no.: 784088
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 750088
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 749492
"Die Himmel rühmen", C-Dur
for: gemischter Chor (Frauen-/Kinderchor) mit Klavier oder 3 Violinen, Violoncello, Bass und Pauken
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 747051
"O großer Gott, dich loben wir"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Organ
Item no.: 747035
Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 740182
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 782108
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783848
Gratulations-Menuett
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 783832
Gratulations-Menuett
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783831
D major
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, Fagott, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784839
D major
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, Fagott, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784838
früher Georg Benda zugeschrieben
for: Viola und Streicher mit Cembalo; 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784811
for: Violoncello und Streichorchester; 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784747
for: Oboe, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784702
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784646
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 487019
"O großer Gott, dich loben wir"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Cello
Item no.: 747037
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784645
for: Trompete, Oboe, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784554
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236885
for: Chamber orchestra
Single parts Wind instruments (B-flat)
Item no.: 1346624
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 222071
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 222062
for: Viola, cello, string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 272910
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1557645
for: Clarinet, chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355426
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355374
for: Oboe, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355369
for: 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355295
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355287
for: Chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355274
for: Piano, chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355216