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: Guitar, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 163951
for: Piano
Item no.: 393469
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684796
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 254952
on a Mozart theme (“Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”)
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Partitur und Stimme Flöte
Item no.: 1209538
for: Guitar
Study score
Item no.: 1618814
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 287091
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 392876
for two violins, 2 violas and cello
Urtext
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 577002
contains the unsigned solo part as well as the solo part arranged and annotated by Heinrich Schiff
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180584
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197071
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205427
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163194
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 138598
for: Sopran, Tenor, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 134080
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391771
für Gesang und Klavier
Original-Ausgabe für Hohe Stimme
Lieder in 3 Bänden, Urtext, Band 1 (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 360075
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382592
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796117
Selected Popular Compositions for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748775
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1202
"American Quartet"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1534720
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 558199
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 673629
Score
Item no.: 430029
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128212
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696706
for: Organ
Item no.: 157405
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582840
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 577000
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 776065
for: Violin, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582816
Fingering by the composer
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367505
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 162275
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735564
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1201
aus "Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746712
March upon Handel's "Lift up your Heads"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748776
for: 2 cellos
Item no.: 200321
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664632
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 177587
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, 2 pianos
Piano reduction, 3 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 603978
National Edition – Miniature Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684793
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025078
Complete edition of the shorter sacred music for choir and ensembles
Musique sacrée française
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 425526
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389149
for: Flute, guitar
Item no.: 130588
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