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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360112
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 629867
for piano solo
Separate Edition from the New Liszt Complete Critical Edition
for: Piano
Item no.: 184916
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235743
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 285354
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 444129
New edition with supplementary exercises
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 382325
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781480
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 395134
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316200
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 649886
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 388444
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256606
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 117787
for: 1–3 cellos
2 Scores for playing, Playback-CD
Item no.: 664668
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 617050
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 615166
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 609918
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 562316
from the opera "Der Freischütz"
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 317528
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 499329
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 962108
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395519
for: Trombone in C [euphonium]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 433805
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 471124
Lyric book
Item no.: 318295
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 697175
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 677221
from Suite Bergamasque
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722242
for: Voice, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1615843
for: Clarinet (B-flat)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 635778
50 Popular Classics in Easy Arrangements
for: Violin, piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 663159
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316362
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 658467
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 416701
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 192906
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 195080
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 226944
Selection of original pieces and transcriptions
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 499283
for: Voice (high), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 207494
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 324223
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316240
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 173991
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279260
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 629100
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 261881
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 192068
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 376854
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