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.
from "Pomp and Circumstance", Op. 39/1
for: Piano
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Item no.: 754523
op. 62/6
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1566002
aus dem Film „MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS“
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1209280
aus dem Film „DER GEJAGTE“
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1209278
from the opera "Carmen"
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1209251
for: Piano
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Item no.: 754518
Duett und Chor Nr. 5 aus "Lobgesang", op. 52
for: Frauenchor (SSA) und Klavier bzw. Orgel Begleitung
Music score
Item no.: 724561
aus dem Film „MINORITY REPORT“
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1209279
aus dem Film „TOD IN VENEDIG“
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1209275
op. 49/4
for: Piano
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Item no.: 727911
(Violine, Flöte)
for: Voice, piano [accordion/keyboard/guitar]; melody instrument ad lib.
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Item no.: 730796
for: Piano
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Item no.: 740721
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 759320
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1566010
aus "Suite Bergamasque"
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1566004
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1565999
op. 12
for: Piano
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Item no.: 754519
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 172188
for: Piano
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Item no.: 247874
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 301982
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1358311
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 743502
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780081
from the ballet „The Nutcracker“
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780079
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780046
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780039
"Ave, Marry"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 730717
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 753815
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
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Item no.: 730712
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780048
op. 49/4
for: Piano
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Item no.: 779999
from „The Seasons“ op. 37/2, No. 12
for: Piano
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Item no.: 779997
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 753813
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 753811
op. 22/1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 733559
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
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Item no.: 753814
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780095
from „Pour le temps de Noël“
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780020
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 730714
from op. 183, No. 1
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780052
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 753812
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780057
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 733557
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780004
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 730716
from „Album for the Young“ op. 68, No. 38
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780001
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730711
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