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 [harpsichord/organ]
Score
Item no.: 190779
for: Cello
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 554979
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1200899
for: Clarinet (A)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 554997
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 330887
for: FL HRN
Set of parts
Item no.: 291542
for: Flute, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 170315
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 564911
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 200260
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 400988
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 418096
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 739690
(Theme)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723364
op. 58/3
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 760727
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736230
Edition Schott
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 735660
Edition Schott
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 754616
Edition Schott
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749503
from: Forty Favorite Scotch Airs, adapted for a Violin, German Flute or Violoncello
London, 1789
for: Violin [flute, cello], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5792
for: Violin, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3938
Nicolai-Messe Hob. XXII:6
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279288
Vier Kontrabässe
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Item no.: 188444
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1169
for: 2 violins [flute, violin], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4649
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 206517
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 135983
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 614812
from: Requiem
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 750985
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045783
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 863038
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book
Item no.: 416696
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649639
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4860
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316456
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book, CD, online audio
Item no.: 669456
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 244752
Musica Antiqua Bohemica I/37
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 122660
for: Violinen (2) (oder Violine und Cello)
Set of parts
Item no.: 135073
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 394880
for: Oboe, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 394711
for: 3 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 394547
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 191681
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 174843
from the "Well-Tempered Clavier" by Bach, in the arrangement by Mozart
for: String quartet, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 394876
for: FL HRN VL VA HA
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 612775
for: Flute, cello
Parts (2)
Item no.: 191831
for: 2 flutes, guitar
Item no.: 134498
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