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: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 307261
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304924
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
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for: Harmonium
Music score
Item no.: 1201853
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659830
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 621740
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621307
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Keyboard
Item no.: 1621050
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 1621010
for: gemischter Chor dreistimmig
Item no.: 861514
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1541452
Single edition
Item no.: 398612
Für Querflöte solo
L'arte del flauto
for: Flute
Ensemble score
Item no.: 186120
for: Male choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 606567
for: Accordion orchestra
Item no.: 221144
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 221353
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
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for: Accordion orchestra
Item no.: 222964
for: Accordion orchestra
Item no.: 221352
for: Soloist and Orchestra
Einzelstimme
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 1539002
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 637982
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion solo
Item no.: 222996
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 282740
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778734
for: Clarinet [2 Clarinets] and Piano
Score
Item no.: 408920
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778758
for: Strumenti Di Banda
Score
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for: Choir a Cappella
Score
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for: Viola, piano
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Various
OTHER
Item no.: 877096
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Buch
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 884598
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 868445
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 868010
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