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: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 261032
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 561484
for: 2 bassoons
Ensemble score
Item no.: 444524
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 377373
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 897226
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025074
in 4 movements (1900-1901/1911)
Mahler Neue Kritische Gesamtausgabe IV
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745158
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696704
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695812
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 817339
"American Quartet"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1009252
for: Treble recorder
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418481
for: Piano
Item no.: 419883
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 162978
for: Women's choir (SA) [children's choir], organ [piano]
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6151
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 198152
for the organ
from volume 40 of the Complete Works
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 297142
pour 2 flutes piccolos et piano
Collection Jean-Louis Beaumadier
for: 2 piccolos, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 605115
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1085
for: Organ
Item no.: 201968
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 160307
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 432762
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 432504
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339308
for: Organ 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 377097
Famous Pieces for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1557136
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 604926
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817164
The Late Sonatas
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745297
Suite for Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 768210
Three symphonic sketches
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 629800
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 150364
Chopin – A New Critical Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 777037
Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696027
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Score
Item no.: 778348
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 123011
for: Piano 4 hands
Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 614777
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 173424
with eight Variations
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1022519
for: Women's choir (SS), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 479976
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 304054
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 228994
National Edition - Miniature Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684120
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117241
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116963
Thi edition replaces the previous volume HN 118
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609242
with marked and unmarked string parts
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609180
for: Oboe, piano
Item no.: 268814
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