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: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759082
from Lakmé
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759078
According to the first print of the parts, which appeared in 1931 from Amsterdam publishers G. Alsbach.
for: Flute, oboe, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 635180
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036806
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958299
for: SABar and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864224
for: Oboe
Buch + CD
Item no.: 471347
Choralkantate für Sopran, gemischten Chor und Streicher
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 235598
2nd Movement
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759095
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1331552
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Organ reduction
Item no.: 433772
for baritone and piano
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 682374
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 367589
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163363
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118935
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118926
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118925
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1198886
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 476954
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 323014
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590823
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 461008
for: 2 violins
Sheet music
Item no.: 1646533
for: 2 guitars
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543503
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357210
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357171
for: 2 violins, viola, cello [3 violins, cello]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 193935
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 697500
First versions
EMB New Liszt Edition Supplement 'A'
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 851049
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256730
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 366274
Buch
Item no.: 887414
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 259701
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256728
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 186571
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256740
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256731
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 244371
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256768
for: Soloist and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 160542
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 330507
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 263633
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 177288
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321931
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 883939
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983050
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982794
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 494598