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.
Sueddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik 21a
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 617215
In Latein. War für die Abendmahlsliturgie an Weihnachten, Ostern und Pfingsten bestimmt
for: Cello
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 280458
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342337
MH 382
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237780
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237469
KV 195 (186d)
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235094
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355400
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 490273
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 768422
Motetto Pastorale
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 474781
KV 195 (186d)
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235096
MH 673; Richte dich auf
Einzelstimme Hr. 2
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 231038
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Violone, Orgel)
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424118
for: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1354932
for: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354930
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 443951
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443948
Single part(n)
Item no.: 469380
Ausgabe Butz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 428867
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
für Sopranblockflöte (Oboe), ein oder zwei Violinen, Orgel oder Cembalo und Violoncello ad lib.
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231107
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234815
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237203
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443798
für Kontrabass
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393043
Coronation Mass
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 685690
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
3 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 671996
The Repertoire for all Vocal Genres
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 765057
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 299202
Carus Choir Coach — Tenore
Practice CD for choir singers
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 clarinos (C), timpani, basso continuo
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 770229
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 429168
suivant l’ordre des degrez de ses Accords en [12] Sonatines pour un Violon avec la Basse chiffrée
for: Violin, harpsichord
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1009384
o sia il basso fondamentale sopra il Cembalo
Theorie und Praxis des Partimentospiels – Manuskript, Transkription und Übersetzung
Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte Band 43
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Study book
Item no.: 562360
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 245769
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 376297
Erster und zweiter Teil. Reprint der 1. Auflage Berlin 1753 und 1762 (Reprint)
for: harpsichord [organ/piano]
Music lesson book (reprint)
Item no.: 149105
Carus Choir Coach — Alto
Practice CD for choir singers
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 clarinos (C), timpani, basso continuo
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 770224
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 474867
Trieste e la Mitteleuropa
Book
Item no.: 770963
La musica a Mantova e a Salisburgo tra Sette e Ottocento
Studi e saggi 2
Book
Item no.: 773948
Studien und Übungen
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 459783
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 130559
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 771892
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 770544
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 660377
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 660375
for: Guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), DVD
Item no.: 659678
Faksimile der ersten Auflage, Leipzig 1790
Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte 42
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 472872
n. 11-20
ad uso dei Conservatori
for: Guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 776317