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: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1624934
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1627058
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1617391
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1617385
Lyric book
Item no.: 1714165
Lyric book
Item no.: 1714124
for: Cello
Item no.: 1650729
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 1650701
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 208432
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625886
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1623002
for: Organ
Solostimme
Item no.: 1618332
for: Piano
Item no.: 1625347
for: 2 Soprane, Alt, Tenor, Bass und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1626304
for: Frauenstimme, Chor und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 1626252
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626087
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625565
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 883066
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 897610
for: Violin
Ensemble score
Item no.: 877283
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 863325
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 279675
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1199888
for: Unison Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959478
for Violoncello and Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 179070
Romance pour le violon (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158566
violin concert
Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 554888
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 465006
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 465004
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 465002
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 457125
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373749
Klavierkonzert
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 341649
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340298
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 327356
for: Cello, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444368
for: Cello, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444366
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 615205
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 564598
for: Flöte, Klarinette, Horn und Klavier
Item no.: 1352059
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel oder für Orgel allein
Nach dem Urtext herausgegeben und mit einer Orgelbegleitung versehen von Albert Kupp
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 685883
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769161
Symphonic poem
after a poem by Henri Cazalis
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 692989
for: Violin, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 583743
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 583742
Opéra-comique en 3 actes | Reprintausgabe
for: Gesang und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1650925