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: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 161303
for: Brass ensemble (13 parts), glockenspiel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1716245
Overture to the Opera
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 659069
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 184455
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir part Soprano 1
Item no.: 668845
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295132
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672628
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578419
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion
Item no.: 340912
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 672629
for: Guitar, strings
Single part Guitar (solo)
Item no.: 368922
Overture
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin obligato
Item no.: 757175
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1023750
für Tenor (S), gemischten Chor, Violine und Orgel (Harfe ad libitum)
Harfe
for: Solo voice (S/T), mixed choir (SATB), violin, organ; harp ad lib.
Harp (orchestral part)
Item no.: 630425
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 368925
Seht das Brot der Engel
for: Solo voice (S/T), mixed choir (SATB), violin, organ; harp ad lib.
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 1209614
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672627
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1023747
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295131
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 314066
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 368923
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 314064
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1023745
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
Item no.: 314068
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1023744
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 314067
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295134
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689785
WAB 29
Bruckner vocal
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689250
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1653721
Bearbeitung für Chor und Kammerensemble
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 778351
(Fragment aus Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Harzreise im Winter")
Bearbeitung für Altstimme, Männerchor und Kammerensemble
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 778376
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1653727
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557660
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025144
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817758
nach der Studie h-moll, op. 35, 22
for: Mandolin
Single part
Item no.: 1025143
(Fragment aus Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Harzreise im Winter")
Bearbeitung für Altstimme, Männerchor und Kammerensemble
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Single part Cello
Item no.: 778366
Süße Tränen
Romanze
for: Cello, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 767542
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Clarinet 1
Item no.: 1317018
Single part Zither 2
Item no.: 181826
for: BASS-KLAR
Single part
Item no.: 577111
für das Jugendzupforchester Hessen im Januar 2009
for: Mandolin orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 604764
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608015
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 144645
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 126701
Psalm 50 für Soli, Männerchor und Orchester
for: 3 soloists (TTB), male choir (TTB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672440
'Sanft wie du lebtest'
Beethoven vocal – Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, cello
Single part Viola
Item no.: 683555