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); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909626
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 688939
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 629096
for: Women's choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1148346
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 689966
for: 2 pianos
Study score
Item no.: 1541358
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1541070
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540951
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540902
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290080
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290079
for: String orchestra; piano ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616814
(Reprint)
Item no.: 619050
Overture to the Music to Shakespeare's Comedy
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 166975
Overture to the Opera
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 659069
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498864
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429006
Entr'actes D 797 Nos. 1, 3a and 5 [from Op. 26]
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367218
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 328285
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326263
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326262
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 278499
Version of 1851
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229338
Version of 1851
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229336
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 210420
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: Male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 689995
for: Wind Band
Set of parts
Item no.: 900284
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: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1717432
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 581241
for: Flute, Clarinet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1203693
for: Voice, violin, cello, piano
Single part Violin
Item no.: 655168
for: Flute, clarinet (A), 2 violins, viola, cello/double bass; 2 horns (D) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 745654
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1011298
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1200483
for: Cello, guitar
2 single parts
Item no.: 119089
for: 2 pianos 8 hands
Item no.: 482576
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 106069
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