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.
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for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238081
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part Bass recorder
Item no.: 689766
Print on demand
Music for String Ensemble
for: String orchestra
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 674615
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Music for String Ensemble
for: String orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 674614
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377115
MWV A 3
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236259
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236225
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237314
D 950
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237145
D 950
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237139
D 950
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Bassoon 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237136
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for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237070
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 387671
Single part
Item no.: 150948
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 150571
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 150373
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 126334
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 126324
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 459913
Chorale cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235793
Herr, wie lange willst du mein so gar vergessen
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235739
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 235616
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 235615
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235186
für Schülerorchester
for: String orchestra, piano; 2 horns ad lib.
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672702
op. 60
Einzelstimme Va.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237494
Choral
Die deutsche Fassung des Te Deums entstand als Auftragskomposition zum 1000jährigen Bestehen des Deutschen Reiches im Berliner Dom.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423879
Single part Guitar 1
Item no.: 217463
WAB 45
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670483
for: Concert band
Single part Euphonium (B-flat)
Item no.: 296162
In honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis de Perpetuo Succursu
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SATB)], organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1639150
Trilogie sacrée
for: Soli (STBarB)), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Flöten, 2 Englisch-Horn, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 4 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen, Pauken, Harfe, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Orgel)
Single part Organ
Item no.: 423949
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 470195
op. 16
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424416
2. Fassung: Bearbeitung für Soli SS und hohe Streicher 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb
for: Singstimmen (SS), Orchester (2 Violen, 2 Violoncelli, Kontrabass / Orgel) (1. Fassung) / Soli (SS), Orgel (2. Fassung)ngstimmen
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424358
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for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238135
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238132
Choralkantate
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235755
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235680
Alleluja. Laudate Dominum
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235493
op. 51; Da Israel aus Ägypten zog
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) [male choir (ttbb)], orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235343
op. 51; Da Israel aus Ägypten zog
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: Women's choir (SSAA) [male choir (ttbb)], orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235340
op. 9 Nr. 4
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 223353
Passions-Oratorium in drei Teilen
Pauken
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680527
Graduale Exaudi, Dominum und Offertorium Lauda anima mea Dominum für die Messe in Es-Dur op. 107
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1161005
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
bezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668510
Non nobis Domine / Nicht unserm Namen, Herr
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235284
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429981