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: Salon orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 261628
für Klavier und Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 471956
for: Violin
Item no.: 353807
for: Salon orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 297574
for: Salon orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 295986
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 288506
for: Guitar
Item no.: 355164
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 355060
for: Piano
Item no.: 287726
for: Violin
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 287592
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 355544
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 356662
for: Piano
Item no.: 356364
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1651347
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1651342
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SMezA), organ; strings ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688547
Popular melodies
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723769
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 180611
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 171585
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 170254
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1546362
for: Bassoon, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 642940
from the Symphony No. 5
for: Harp, strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624141
for: Accordion
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 407590
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1160530
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306979
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306939
for: Brass ensemble (9 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 171865
for: Gemischter Chor (SMEZZAB)
Item no.: 142404
for: Wind instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 133885
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305235
for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 186615
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 394506
for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 581334
for: String orchestra; percussion ad lib.
Einzelstimme
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1105784
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1105752
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 1025145
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1024585
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
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for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1017905
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