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: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185174
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429006
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 278499
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443186
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Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634342
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Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 486377
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 486380
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340242
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 457125
Overture to the Opera – Dresden Version
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Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 477011
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Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 363349
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 181477
String Symphony MWV N 9
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685839
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1680991
Final Version 1906
additional part
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781361
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1011376
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1011375
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1011374
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 184213
Klavierkonzert
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 341649
Urtext
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Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189524
Urtext
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Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189521
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185169
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 328285
“From the New World”
Revised new edition of score and orchestral parts
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170074
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189702
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373640
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Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 369875
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Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332527
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Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332528
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Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 622857
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Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 217367
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Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644876
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Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 465002
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Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 465004
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 465006
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 466302
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
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Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432660
(Urtext)
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Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290080
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290079
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326263
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326262
Overture to the Music to Shakespeare's Comedy
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
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Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 166975
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Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 583544
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Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498864
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 554645
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664612
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 339532
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