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: Voice, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 148247
An Operatic Fantasy in Five Acts
New critical edition, based on original
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 103730
for: Wind Ensemble or Chamber Group
Score
Item no.: 183351
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 816947
from Cavalleria rusticana
for: Cello, piano
Music score
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from Swan Lake
for: Cello, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 148694
for: Piano
Music score
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Teaching material, Technique
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book
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for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169859
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 190248
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 291151
Easy arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548948
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 317801
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 276532
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 475650
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 638797
for: Voice (high), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 551957
for: Trombone [baritone horn] (bass clef)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 617462
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 649898
"From the New World"
Bärenreiter Urtext
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 693649
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 466499
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260606
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (2 piano's)
Item no.: 340102
Hugo Wolf Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 417819
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 291601
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018352
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 242319
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 669842
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 1198825
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930219
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 971536
for violin
Critical edition by Italo Vescovo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 673649
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722318
from Holberg Suite
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722247
30 Russian masterpieces, easy arranged for guitar
Annotations and reference section in German and English language
for: Classical guitar
Music score (with guitar tabs – anthology), playback-CD
Item no.: 680478
Like as the hart longs / Wie der Hirsch schreit
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 292099
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722290
for guitar or lyre-guitar
for: 1–2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 769970
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 376855
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Score
Item no.: 263891
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 197626
for: 2 pianos
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 167947
Lyric book
Item no.: 318312
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318186
15 well-known original pieces in progressive order of difficulty
(with practical comments)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665559
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675141
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