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: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 903982
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182063
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155919
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 301800
for: String orchestra
Stimmen-Set (Streicher 3/3/2/2/1)
Item no.: 203062
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239460
for: Tenor saxophone, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1239413
for: Baritone saxophone, organ
Sheet music
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for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
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for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1234081
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1234068
for: Piccolo, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1234067
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1234051
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233998
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233989
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 458311
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 283799
for: Piano 4 hands
Buch
Item no.: 283773
The 14 Stations of the Cross
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 183708
for: Viola, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1305104
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383582
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360593
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 360044
First versions
New Liszt Edition Supplement 'B'
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 550068
with parts in E/E flat, C and B flat
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Piano reduction, 3 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561500
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 393666
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393596
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 287564
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 155219
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360594
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 138989
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1713906
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301491
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 633495
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score, CD
Item no.: 1714421
Suite from the Ballet
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 755955
Transcription from the Opera Lakmé
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1701116
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1713401
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 355000
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 367596
Klavierkonzert
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 341680
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 464981
for: 2 clarinets
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1807
Hymne für Sopran, Chor (SATB) und Orchester MWV B 49
in zwei Fassungen
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 682911
for: Viola, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 394742
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLA VIOLA SOLO
Item no.: 393030
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