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: Violin, piano
Score, solo part
Item no.: 1566638
"Choral Fantasy"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 762145
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 587101
für Soli (SATB) gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 672636
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 671630
für vier Soli, gemischten Chor, Harfe und Orgel (Violine, Klavier, Blechbläser ad lib.)
Musique sacrée francaise – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), harp, organ; violin, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 676713
für diverse Besetzungen
Studienpartitur
for: KAMMERMUSIK SONSTIGE BESETZUNGEN
Study score
Item no.: 563938
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 550141
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211048
for: Organ 4 Hands
Book
Item no.: 998801
for Trombone and Military Band
for: Tombone and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198466
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919097
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1343996
Nach den Quellen zum ersten Mal herausgegeben von Hans-Günter Klein
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 472516
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 457315
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825352
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1659869
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 607647
for: Piano
Item no.: 584163
for 2 violins, 2 violas and violoncello
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Study score
Item no.: 581203
Oper in 4 Akten
Reprint
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Scores
Item no.: 581097
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 483305
Bd 11/4 Gesamtausgabe
Piano reduction
Item no.: 465868
for: Organ
Item no.: 465852
op 46
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 464211
for: Voice, horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 580844
for: Voice, horn, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 580843
Sudien und Übungen
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 493463
for: Voice, horn, piano
Item no.: 551393
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 576692
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 554331
für Horn und Klavier (1795)
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 479391
Studienpartitur (2 Bände)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 478756
aus dem Violinkonzert op. 35
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 154493
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 461424
in einem Prolog und 4 Akten
Studienpartitur (kyr) + Libretto (dt)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 563834
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 560507
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 559083
mit Klavier
Wenn ich durch Busch und Zweig
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 558609
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 564788
for: Bläserquintett
Buch
Item no.: 578797
for: Chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 276683
for: PICC-TRP (C/A) ORG
Item no.: 274023
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 192924
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 442634
(Set)
for: Wind ensemble
Item no.: 192245
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Item no.: 217858
für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Study score
Item no.: 1343814