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: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622569
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684878
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 343320
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391660
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401427
(Apponyi-Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401184
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 225946
with marked and unmarked string parts
revised edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486507
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 409431
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401295
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 379257
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685086
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817250
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 662163
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025074
for: Flute, harp, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184382
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401413
for: Bassetthorn, Klavier
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 154610
for: VL VA KLAV (+ VC)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 554539
für Horn, Violine, Viola und Basso
Erstdruck
for: Horn, Violine, Viola, Kontrabass
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 290746
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 622650
for: Voice (soprano), violin, organ
Item no.: 377880
for: Trumpet, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 227493
for: Bassoon [cello], piano
Item no.: 200378
Musik zu einer Pantomime
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 478237
Camera Flauto Amadeus
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 475534
for: Oboe, horn, piano (trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 612772
Concert Aria for Soprano and Orchestra (Piano reduction)
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 778495
Concerto 1-2, Vol. I (Stimmensatz in moderner Notation)
for: Violinen (2), Streicher (1. Violine, 2. Violine, Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Cembalo)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1108104
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 131957
for: 3 treble recorders, basso continuo
Item no.: 200470
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 667297
for Cello (and optional 2nd Cello)
for: 1–2 cellos
Music score, single part
Item no.: 682080
per il Contrabasso e Viola obligato
for: Viola, double bass [double bass, piano]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 695973
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 770861
for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164304
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 180070
pour Monsieur Dürrschmied
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 470342
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Horn (E-flat), violin, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 331415
for: für Orchester Harmoniestimmen
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 300435
Vergessene Kammermusik – wieder entdeckt
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass [cello]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 158252
(Drumroll)
London Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776827
Erstausgabe (Bc nicht ausgesetzt)
Teil der Maltzan-Sammlung
for: Viola da gamba, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664596
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 564022
op. 2
for: Harfe (Violine)
Item no.: 549540
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 890411
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196708
für Oboe, Klarinette, Horn und Fagott
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Set of parts
Item no.: 101439