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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 883342
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 881729
for: SA a Cappella
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 873329
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 873087
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
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for: Choir a Cappella
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Music score
Item no.: 870485
for: Choir
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 875805
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 874052
for: 4 Guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 586432
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1213585
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1113257
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 862512
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 645025
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 645010
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 644925
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
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for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 428308
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 301439
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 283718
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769161
for: Piano, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696475
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696473
for: Violin, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 583743
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 583742
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
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332490
Three symphonic sketches
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 778489
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768179
for: Cello, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444368
for: Cello, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444366
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342809
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 266296
for: Brass ensemble, organ
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 496730
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1016007
for: Piano
CD-ROM
Item no.: 163414
for: Piano
Item no.: 172175
for: Voice, piano
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Score
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for: Piano
Score
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