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), basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2869
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174726
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234930
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 475703
for: Voice (medium), organ
Item no.: 311641
Orchestral version of 1785
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196669
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 312548
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 408329
for: Piano
Item no.: 621024
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377405
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318154
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 273565
Zweite Fassung mit Klarinetten (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 196625
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 378392
Lobkowitz-Quartette und letztes Quartett (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts (4)
Item no.: 131975
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 311840
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 557447
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 656576
for: Violin, viola, cello, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 394492
"Le Midi"
With 2 violino and 1 violoncello concertato
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 883494
Score
Item no.: 339371
for: Clarinet [violin], cello, piano
Item no.: 382077
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116471
for: Viola
Item no.: 360218
for: Viola, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 372799
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196708
for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164304
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401330
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 670231
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025072
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019056
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401158
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 767231
With two rondo versions and voices for horn in F and D
Urtext
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 145872
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 182306
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392390
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 394697
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 770861
für 2 Oboen
for: 2 oboes
Ensemble score
Item no.: 344869
for Cello (and optional 2nd Cello)
for: 1–2 cellos
Music score, single part
Item no.: 682080
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422069
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Set of parts
Item no.: 101439
(Moonlight)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613304
for: für Flöte und Klavier
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 367892
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 124189
Pieces from the 16th to the 18th Century
New Edition in one volume
for: Treble recorder
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 351620
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Item no.: 354152
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