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.
KV 197 (186e)
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234892
KV 33
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234865
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236002
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555506
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 219194
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
Item no.: 272801
Single part Trumpet 1, 2
Item no.: 218514
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 359500
for: Trombone
Single part
Item no.: 493706
for: Cello, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1346564
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772193
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772192
for: Harpsichord, piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497270
BR JCFB E 1
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234221
Erstausgabe bei Carus
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Cornetti, 2 Posaunen, Pauken, Violine (solo), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo)
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424868
Kantate zum Sonntag Oculi HoWV II.57
for: 3 soloists (STB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772212
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797924
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 564917
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555574
Joseph Martin Kraus – Musikalische Werke
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797916
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 177466
MH 826
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237758
Verwendung auch in der Adventszeit möglich Messe ohne Gloria
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237733
KV 427
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236767
Kantate
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235165
KV 117 (66a = 47b)
Einzelstimme Va. 1
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234951
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 1, 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558429
Lambacher Messe. Missa Lambacensis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1161196
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 2: B.c.
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421978
CW E 5
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234479
Oratorium
BR-CPEB D 3 (Wq 240)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1596281
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236723
Adelaide
for: Violin, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 728757
for: 2 violins
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 727921
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 734477
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 757231
aus "La rosière républicaine"
for: Streicher und Bläser
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784573
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784564
for: Sopran-Blockflöte und Streicher
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784526
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784501
for: Streichorchester (2 Violinen und Bass)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784463
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 784425
for: Orchestra
Single part Flute
Item no.: 784088
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 750088
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 749492
"Die Himmel rühmen", C-Dur
for: gemischter Chor (Frauen-/Kinderchor) mit Klavier oder 3 Violinen, Violoncello, Bass und Pauken
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 747051
"O großer Gott, dich loben wir"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Organ
Item no.: 747035
Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 740182