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.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355189
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355181
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355176
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Single part (Harpsichord solo)
Item no.: 1355168
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355167
for: Chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355137
for: Oboe, chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355025
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 1354925
for: Chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354913
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1558115
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1558111
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557999
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557923
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557782
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 665533
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 629064
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770984
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476468
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444435
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444427
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425482
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797440
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797434
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430711
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 874376
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797413
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 343458
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432521
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367930
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384170
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384163
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384042
for: Piano, strings
Single part
Item no.: 326988
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 3 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1544828
for: Concert band
Single part Trumpet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1544776
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, guitar
Single part Guitar (solo)
Item no.: 638452
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 330078
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243143
Heft 4: Werke von Haydn (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: String orchestra (school orchestra); winds, piano ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 190384
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611466
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611364
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611272
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611270
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611261
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611252
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610831
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596384
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596380