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: Accordion
Item no.: 227919
for: Guitar
Item no.: 222647
Lyric book
Item no.: 212729
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 259609
for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1121930
for: Brass ensemble (13 parts), glockenspiel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1716245
for: Piano
Item no.: 378617
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 968760
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967091
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1161661
Book
Item no.: 1350419
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1016007
Primo Divertimento Sui Motivi Favoriti Dell?Opera Maria Padilla Di Donizetti
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1215200
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1141745
for: Oboe, chamber orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1355029
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354944
for: Mixed choir; organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1351838
for: Flute, oboe, string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351788
for: Flute, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1031524
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612987
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612430
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 1356380
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1356363
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1356348
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1207169
for: Voice, piano
OTHER
Item no.: 1207086
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1207070
for: Solfege
Buch
Item no.: 264175
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 854187
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 745201
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1551022
for: 4 recorders (SATB) [recorder orchestra]
Single part Tenor recorder
Item no.: 607397
for: 4 recorders (SATB) [recorder orchestra]
Single part descant recorder
Item no.: 607395
for: Wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 365563
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1717368
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912355
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909626
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 688939
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 629096
for: Women's choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1148346
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 689966
for: 2 pianos
Study score
Item no.: 1541358
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1541070
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540951
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540902
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425803
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332490
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