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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
(latein)
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for: 3 voices (SST), strings
Piano reduction
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: String orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Piano 4 hands
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for: Flexible woodwind ensemble (4 parts)
Ensemble score
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for: Organ
Book (Hardcover)
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Clarinet (B-flat), bassoon, horn (E-flat), violin, viola, cello, double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
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for: Flöte, Klavier
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for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
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for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 245959
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 478957
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 309085
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
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for: Clarinet, piano
Book
Item no.: 218015
for: Choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 480387
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1546276
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 550184
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 413421
4 Volumes in a Slipcase
Studien-Edition
for: Piano, instruments
4 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 431974
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260706
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score, CD
Item no.: 173998
for: Clarinet [Violin], Viola [Cello] and Piano
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
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for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Score, Parts
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for: Oboe, 2 Hörner (ad libitum) und Streicher
Klavierauszug mit Solostimme
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for: 4 Klarinetten
Score, Parts
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for: 10 Wind Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 133562
for: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
Study score
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for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1634044
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 181933
for: Flute, violin, cello, piano
Set of parts
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for: Orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
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for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 140708
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 137841
Complete Edition, Reihe XXV, Band 7II
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781466
for: Voice, piano
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 493990
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