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: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1558477
Book
Item no.: 1118797
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204504
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1138787
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1139731
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143693
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1629202
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1019499
Klassik
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
Item no.: 1119481
for: Voice
Single edition
Item no.: 1118854
for: Symphonic orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1141555
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1082396
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104956
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Small Wind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1163747
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 745202
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194260
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1110946
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1081185
for: Violin, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 1677101
für flexibles Ensemble - Ensemble ad libitum Band 135
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663528
Final de la Symphonie n°9
for: Wind Quintet and Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1071390
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 495721
Beyond the Waves
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1557443
for: Violin
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1534927
Frauenstimmen
for: Mixed choir, piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1105628
Klassik
for: 10 Wind Instruments [Brass Ensemble]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1591033
Nr. 4 aus op. 9
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1043527
2008
for: 4 harps
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1591843
Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1118830
Per Concertina
for: Concertina
Book
Item no.: 1190805
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1540387
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105115
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175321
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Voice (tenor)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925670
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1138965
from the Requiem
for: Soprano and Wind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198351
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144725
for: Cello,Vocal and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1204696
for: Voice (soprano)
Book
Item no.: 1118701
for: Mezzo or Baritone Voice
Single edition
Item no.: 1118844
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1539939
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090042
Oper/Operette
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1111461
Southern Music
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 927360
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 1136948
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1349895
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