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: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 308203
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 418978
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 211678
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 283665
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305094
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305079
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268763
for: Piano
Item no.: 304673
for: Organ [harpsichord/ piano] four hand
Ensemble score
Item no.: 160973
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo, [Posaunen (3)]
Score
Item no.: 1337212
for: Soli SSA, Chor SSA, Violinen (2), Basso continuo, [Hörner (2)]
Score
Item no.: 1337128
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337282
for: Voice; piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 693510
für Horn und Streichquartett
Erstdruck
for: Horn, 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 282465
für Gitarre solo
for: Guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 194933
Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696027
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695812
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 165573
for: Clarinet, cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 279785
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 192264
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 226080
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3838
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 432664
for: Accordion
Sheet music
Item no.: 1116
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4811
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Score
Item no.: 584889
Overture to Heinrich Joseph von Collin's Tragedy – Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 336228
Ouverture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 203956
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 316323
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 375732
Urtext
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298466
Later Works
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 150138
from the Concerto in A major
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582651
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 550227
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 299752
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore"
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117052
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 360402
for: Melody instrument (C), organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1550
for: Violin [flute], cello [bassoon]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3440
for: Instrument solo, Orchester
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 869527
for: Soprane solo (3), Tenor solo, Bässe solo (2), Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Englischhorn (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Pauke, Harfe, Streicher, Basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 296608
Easily manageable and popular organ music pieces from the baroque, classical and romanticism periods
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 483337
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 382566
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 620672
Famous melodies of Mozart humourously arranged for two violins
World Music
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656978
for: Bassoon, cello [basso continuo]
Piano score, ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471024
for: Flute, piano [basso continuo]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207584
for: Violin [clarinet (A)], piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 144834
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