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: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530993
Repertoire Explorer
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345111
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1161471
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1097914
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202688
(Op. 106, No. 4)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899524
Raff works vol. 13/2 (Urtext)
for: 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (double quartet)
Score (1)
Item no.: 1677758
Masterpiece Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972302
Trauermarsch zum Gedenken an Richard Nordraak
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632236
for: Clarinet, concert band
Item no.: 1642901
für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 661100
Musikalischer Scherz op. 257
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632507
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677978
Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198323
for Marimba
for: Marimba
Music score
Item no.: 678869
Brahms Opus 40
for: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1549835
Flute et Guitare
for: Flute, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1073690
Oper/Operette
for: SSSAAB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906846
Barcarola
for: 2 classical guitars
Music score
Item no.: 776243
Polka–Mazurka op. 330
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632402
Item no.: 1669095
aus dem Zyklus "Aus eiserner Zeit"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 622843
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 694204
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 775598
'Spring'
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Violin, piano
Solo part, 2 CD's, online audio
Item no.: 780494
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1668204
from the quartet clarinets A-major, op. 7
Bläser-Express
for: 3 clarinets (B-flat), bass clarinet (B-flat) (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1582180
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104962
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1098266
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1645124
Ensemble Ad Libitum 53
Item no.: 1664213
Buch
Item no.: 1658624
Salbung und Taufe „So ward es uns verhießen“
Ausklang „Höchsten Heiles Wunder“
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), organ, timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 685706
La Cabane Sur Des Pattes De Poule, La Grande Porte De Kiev
for: Wind Ensemble and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1073021
Opus 85
for: Cello and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198382
Hörbuch erzählt von Thomas Quasthoff, gespielt vom Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
SWR Young CLASSIX
Audio-CD
Item no.: 1665348
Studienpartitur in 2 Bänden (frz)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1345101
und Streichorchester
Studienpartitur (dt/en/frz)
for: ORCHESTERWERKE STREICHORCHESTER SOLO-INSTR.+SINGST.
Item no.: 1345020
for violin, cello and piano
piano score and parts
for: KAMMERMUSIK STREICH+TASTEN/BALGINSTR. TRIOS
Item no.: 1343859
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1595606
for: Concert band
Item no.: 1560344
und Klavier
Chorpartitur
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG WELTLICH EINZELN
Item no.: 1546655
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 776297
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 776291
Elégie sur la mort d´un objet chéri
Praktische Neuausgabe nach der Erstausgabe
for: Cello, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 646346
for: String quintet
Set of parts
Item no.: 646300
für zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncello
Ausgewählte Werke, Beihefte zur Edition Band 55
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677526
Leuckart-Chorblatt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 466645