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.
Band 1
for: SCHLAGINSTRUMENTE PAUKE
Item no.: 643578
for: BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE POSAUNE POSAUNE SOLO
Item no.: 492176
45 weltliche Werke für Frauen-, Männer- und gemischten Chor
for: Choir
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1031365
for: KAMMERMUSIK STREICHINSTRUMENTE QUARTETTE
Item no.: 223798
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 182658
für Violoncello (Bassetthorn) und Klavier
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLONCELLO VIOLONCELLO UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 181106
und klavier
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLONCELLO VIOLONCELLO UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 159511
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 415819
für 2 Trompeten
for: 2 trumpets
Item no.: 350426
Partitur und Stimmen
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE BLOCKFLÖTE OHNE TASTENINSTRUMENT SAT
Score, Parts
Item no.: 342669
Sehnsuchtswalzervariationen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 300395
Flight of the Bumble Bees
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1664511
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLINE VIOLINE SOLO
Item no.: 1203990
Erdmann Orchester–Sammlung 191
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 176348
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 167246
Motette WAB 6
for: Mixed choir (SAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1632315
op. 101
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1629803
op. 109
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1629801
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1612002
for: Voice (soprano) (melody instrument], 2 harps
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530174
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904021
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 668260
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663313
Petit Duc
for: Accordion [piano]
Item no.: 331397
for: Organ
Item no.: 327520
für Vorbeter, gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
aus der Sammlung „Todah W'Simrah“ (Berlin, 1882)
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1014078
for: 2 descant recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 657259
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 163566
for: 2 voices (ST), string quartet
Score, 4 Single part
Item no.: 1340718
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 160058
for: Orgel ORCH
PART ORG SOLO
Item no.: 168105
ALB
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 128691
Die Musizierstunde 24
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559904
for: Flute, harp [piano]
Score, solo part
Item no.: 467982
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 271980
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1678532
Item no.: 1666865
für Orchester in kombinierbarer Besetzung
for: Chamber orchestra [flexible ensemble]
Piano score (conductor)
Item no.: 648977
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 4
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 670466
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Book
Item no.: 1109747
Overture to the Opera
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560988
Finale from Ballet Music
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560951
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560948
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560821
for: 2 xylophones, brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560784
for: Organ
Item no.: 184009
Polka
op. 127
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670496
based on a theme by Gustav Holst
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670481
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