The turn of the 19th century saw the dawn of Romanticism. This artistic and cultural movement was constantly striving for new ideas and new beginnings, during a particularly turbulent time in social, political and natural history. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the romantic masters and their works today.
The reason and order of the classical period were balanced out in the romantic period by emotion and imagination. The word romanticism is derived from the French literary terms roman and romantique. Programme music uses melodies and instrumental colours to tell a story, to take the listener on a musical journey. The most prominent of all program music is undoubtedly the symphonic poem, created, explored and developed by composers such as Franz Liszt and Bedřich Smetana.
Compared to the Classical Period, the melodies of the romantic period became less and less regular and symmetrical, and the harmony more and more chromatic and dissonant. As the romantic period progressed, the possibilities of traditional tonality became more and more exhausted, and the beginning of the 20th century saw the departure from classical structure and form, and the movement towards modern and contemporary classical music.
In order to broaden the sound palate which set the mood and atmosphere for the romantic period, new instruments began to appear in the orchestra, and voices began to be deployed, choirs and soloists began to be introduced into traditional instrumental works. Throughout the 19th century, the fashion was expansion, both in music for Symphony Orchestra and in Choral Music, the forces grew and grew, far beyond the imagination of any of the classical composers of the previous century.
In the 19th century, Opera flourished, be it Italian verismo, French "Grand Opera", or Wagner’s new world of music theatre. The most important opera composers of the 19th century were Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi.
for: Accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 1025169
for: Accordion
Item no.: 349753
Musik der Thomaskantoren zu Leipzig
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117221
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1654522
Herzwunden / Letzter Frühling
für Salonorchester
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 176733
Arranged for Brass Quintet & Organ by David Giardiniere
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 916801
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008817
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922445
5e Livre de Duos de Violon et Alto
for: Violin, viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 1351421
für Violine solo und Orchester
Klavierauszug mit Solostimme
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 1343726
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203245
for: Piano
Item no.: 417869
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 384929
für zwei Oboen und zwei Fagotte
for: 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662974
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 200302
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 576736
No. 17 – "The Storm"
– custom-made: delivery time 1–2 weeks –
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 647341
for: Piccolo and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 144493
for: 2 Klaviere, 5-händig
Item no.: 129185
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 127187
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 152441
WAB 31/1 and 31/2
in the early version (1835/37) and late version (1891)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1642680
D major
Biblical text: Ps 80,2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1552889
Audio-CD
Item no.: 134368
for: Guitar, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367783
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 361681
CD Chorstimme Alt
for: Choir
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 637945
Sieben Transkriptionen russischer Komponisten
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 660438
D 942 (1828)
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 369263
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 780769
Quartetto da camera
– Graduated prices on request –
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 771484
Wiener Kammerchor / Wiener Orpheus Orchester / Johannes Prinz
Carus Classics
CD
Item no.: 673938
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951576
op. 55, op. 56, op. 68
Quaderni Ruspoli – Musica 1
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Music score
Item no.: 773945
dedicate a Therese Tietjens
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 780806
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 618194
for: Piano
Item no.: 285973
für Frauenchor und klavier
Chorpartitur
for: CHORMUSIK FRAUEN- + KINDERCHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG WELTLICH EINZELN
Choir score
Item no.: 613753
Klassik
for: 2 Flutes and Guitar
Buch
Item no.: 270961
European Music Archive
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 634760
Variationen über das irische Lied
in As-Dur
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, solo part
Item no.: 326770
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 550810
für Altsaxophon und Klavier
Reihe "Frühe französische Saxophonmusik"
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674504
Konzertstück für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Niels W. Gade. Werke IV/7
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615945
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Item no.: 339247
Saxophone Tenor Sib Clarinette Basse
for: Symphonic orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 338050
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 365122
Harmoniemusik
Musica Rara
for: 2 OB 2 KLAR 2 FAG 2 HRN 2 TRP K-FAG
Score, Parts
Item no.: 350518