Few artistic movements have changed people’s perception of the world as much as classicism. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself all the wonderful music of the classical period.
In music, the Classical Period saw a departure from complex, contrapuntal polyphony, to the beginnings of a simpler homophonic structure, to melody and accompaniment. Polyphony however was not forgotten; all the major composers continued to use polyphony from time to time, and some of the most exciting classical movements use the modern fugue. A good example is Mozart’s Requiem, or Beethoven’s Great Fugue String Quartet Op.133.
The most important music form which came from the classical period is undoubtedly Sonata Form. Sonata Form is an elaborate structure that represents the ultimate pursuit of perfection in music. Sonata Form became the basis of all important musical works of the time: Concertos, Symphonies, Sonatas, and String Quartets. Through the progressive works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Opera developed out of the The Baroque Period, into the diverse classical form, with Opera Buffa and Opera Seria, serious or comic opera, championed by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Through the Classical Period, the piano overtook the harpsichord, and quickly became one of the most popular solo instruments, and certainly the most important accompaniment instrument. The orchestra grew, and new instruments such as the clarinet and contrabasson were added, and many other instruments developed, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, and became more virtuosic due to the new modern valve systems. Towards the end of the 18th century, however, many baroque instruments, like the harpsichord, which had been firm favourites of the The Baroque Period, were becoming more and more redundant.
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 200130
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687596
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418474
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1074
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265341
for: 2 flutes [violins], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2414
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 275242
Edited by the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 177358
for: Treble recorder
Item no.: 109005
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155616
with marked and unmarked string parts
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401516
for: Clarinet [violin], cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 401322
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582645
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129268
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 155799
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116489
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1703
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401144
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116793
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193055
für zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675547
Maders Kleine Musikbibliothek
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551038
Nach Autographen und Erstausgaben
Band 1 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 125028
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2034
für Violine (Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette), Horn und Klavier
for: Violin, horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 133706
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 151813
(Spring)
marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401128
for: Voice (soprano), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 4034
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404303
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 583134
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 181486
Newly engraved from early editions
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 760159
für Kontrabaß und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 162072
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 145103
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 555412
for: für Klavier zu 4 Händen
Item no.: 112816
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116798
for: Voice (high), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2456
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 296594
The Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr, in its traditional form
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674935
for: 2 flutes [flute, violin], cello (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 278023
Volume I
Studien-Edition
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 211388
for: Viola, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1191
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 603977
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205426
for: Clarinet, piano
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 655463
with marked and unmarked string part
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561236
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401304