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: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1232922
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1232917
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 669630
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219562
for: Euphonium, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219547
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1223462
for: 4 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1223461
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1223450
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1223447
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1223435
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 682911
for: Organ, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 627334
für 2 Hackbrettspieler
for: Dulcimer
Music score
Item no.: 1653545
separate edition from a choral collection
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), 4 Posaunen [Orgel]
Score
Item no.: 1747295
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235279
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235199
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1340582
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1136572
for: 8 soloists (SMezATTBarBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1023733
Freischütz Mass (WeV A.2)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 771507
for: Women's choir (SS), organ
Score
Item no.: 334140
Arrangement for strings, harp and organ
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Score
Item no.: 771664
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 697307
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 694208
for: Children's choir (S/SA) [mixed choir (SAM)], piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 692541
Version fo choir of equal voices and instruments
Musique sacrée française
for: Women's choir (1 part), chamber ensemble
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687427
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687400
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 661164
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 655824
for: GCH (SSTB) (+ ORG)
Score
Item no.: 350953
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 297139
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 279291
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237489
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 237355
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 237319
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 237123
for: Gemischter Chor (STB), Orgel, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Harfe
Score
Item no.: 237008
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235849
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 235750
for: Women's choir, harp [piano]
Score
Item no.: 227234
for: Voice (high), organ
Score
Item no.: 216536
The 14 Stations of the Cross
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 183708
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 154528
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 477739
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425514
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, Pauken, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello / Kontrabass
Score
Item no.: 238167
for: Flute, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 238154
for: 2 pianos
Score
Item no.: 179494
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