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
Score
Item no.: 472599
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, part
Item no.: 365385
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 210979
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 180213
for: 4 Guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1135952
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 376789
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744894
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 550446
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 480578
for: Gemischter Chor und Orgel
Score
Item no.: 461645
for: Gemischter Chor und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 455658
for: 4 voices (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 455655
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 345750
for: Harp, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 493283
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1585098
for: 4 Guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371310
for: Flöte, Violine, 2 Violas und Violoncello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 161395
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155919
for: Flote, Violine, Viola und Violoncello
Conductor score
Item no.: 1592089
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 206431
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182063
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 173201
for: Piano
Item no.: 1546178
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 639208
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 212620
for: Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 204851
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 352157
for: Piano
Item no.: 353166
for: Flexible ensemble (2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat), cello [double bass/bassoon], piano; percussion ad lib.)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 182172
for: Guitar
Item no.: 355216
for: 4 Blockflöten (SSAA) und Klavier
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 355208
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 355000
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 354861
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 355545
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392355
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392306
for: Voice (high), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392244
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392201
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392167
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392148
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392117
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392012
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391885
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391875
Overture
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391844
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391822
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 137158
for: Piano
Item no.: 413382