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.
Lyric book
Item no.: 318307
for: Voice (high)
Buch
Item no.: 1548292
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318125
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano reduction, 2 CDs
Item no.: 771401
for: C Trombone / Baritone BC
Book
Item no.: 338368
for: SSA
Choir score
Item no.: 1633947
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 971714
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 559275
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 900362
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590809
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 322986
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 323024
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 224273
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard]
Score
Item no.: 1031897
In a simple arrangement for piano
Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215445
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317710
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 488374
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 324332
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 322969
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 272635
Verse from "Polydora" by Daumer
Simrock Original Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 357522
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1539455
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1196993
for brass quintet
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 850484
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 822607
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 228764
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 857519
Book
Item no.: 172615
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 663158
for: Alto / Baritone Voice
Book
Item no.: 316554
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 226267
A Life in Images
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 363373
for: Guitar
Item no.: 119071
Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316370
for: SATB with Organ, Brass and Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 984559
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205756
42 Pieces for Organ without pedal
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 663967
around 40 choral settings for SATB, some with piano accompaniment
- Delivery of the CD in July 2019 -
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Conductor's score, audio CD
Item no.: 682690
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1178429
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 430067
for: Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Bass Voice, SATB and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1198866
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 189013
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 476773
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 774715
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 696379
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 1197149
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 277423
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 225935
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