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: 3 treble recorders
Score, Parts
Item no.: 275598
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 945234
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 191681
Erstdruck
for: HRN VL VC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 227990
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 200260
for: 2 clarinets, bassoon
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 162039
Musica Allegra 16
for: Cello, piano [2 cellos]
Item no.: 326836
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 417776
for: Flute, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 170315
for: 3 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 394547
For Bass-Baritone with Double Bass Obbligato and Orchestra
for: Bariton, Kontrabass und Klavier
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 882770
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 404279
for: Flöte, Klarinette in B (Violine) und Gitarre
Score, Parts
Item no.: 615463
for Violoncello and Piano (2nd Violoncello)
for: Cello, piano [2 cellos]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 664663
for: 2 horns, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 376745
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025073
for: Violin
Item no.: 299626
for: 4 voices, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 283430
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 662902
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 304547
for: Strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 305117
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 470979
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 584584
for: 2 violins, basso continuo, organ
Score
Item no.: 397385
Edition Schott
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 735660
Score
Item no.: 615242
for: 2 FL 2 VL VA BC
Score
Item no.: 615236
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Score
Item no.: 190779
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 174843
The Early Symphonies
Diletto Musicale – Doblinger's Classical Music Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 291730
for: Trumpet (E-flat), piano
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 285962
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 206517
for: Cello
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 554979
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 394880
for: Violin, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3938
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316456
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 614812
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 148556
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 322221
for: Clarinet [Flute, oboe], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 408359
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 561240
4 Volumes in a Slipcase
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
4 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209898
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4860
from: Forty Favorite Scotch Airs, adapted for a Violin, German Flute or Violoncello
London, 1789
for: Violin [flute, cello], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5792
Musica Antiqua Bohemica I/37
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 122660
for: 2 violins [flute, violin], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4649
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1169
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 161897