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.
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189524
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189521
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185174
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185169
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 184213
“From the New World”
Revised new edition of score and orchestral parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170074
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 159029
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 154147
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1170136
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir part Soprano 1
Item no.: 668845
Concert Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768457
for: Piano, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696475
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696473
Arrangement for Soloists, Choir and Chamber Orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 642258
"Scottish"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 551953
"Reformation Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476482
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460659
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460651
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460650
URTEXT Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Score
Item no.: 562725
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681516
for: Violin, string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623176
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 333578
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648891
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 467947
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 346566
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 183003
for: Male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 689995
for: Wind Band
Set of parts
Item no.: 900284
for: Eb Saxophone
Buch
Item no.: 912572
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 378821
for: Piano
Item no.: 359980
for: 6 wind instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 384635
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1020700
for: 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon (quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 310176
for: Piano
Item no.: 382236
Score
Item no.: 380750
String Symphony MWV N 9
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685839
String Symphony MWV N 7
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 350136
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Set of parts, Solo part
Item no.: 1562699
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621042
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1620908
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1620856
for: Flöte, 2 Violinen, 2 Violen, Violoncello und Kontrabass
Set of parts
Item no.: 1591980
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780525
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1617140
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1717432
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 581241
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