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: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3291
Flötenkonzert, Klavierauszug vom Komponisten (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 185165
Auswahl. Nach Autografen und Erstdrucken (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125057
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 199422
Version of 1851
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229329
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664667
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 105774
from Symphony No. 5
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740141
from The Nutcracker
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722262
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118931
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 324934
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 316384
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 317063
Lyric book
Item no.: 318291
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 229151
for Violoncello and Pianoforte
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679977
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 637075
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167415
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 822469
Mit Revisionsbericht
Hugo Wolf Kritische Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 475685
for: Classical guitar
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 119067
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 632252
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 657829
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 603586
for: Piano
Book
Item no.: 224861
Music lesson book
Item no.: 585250
30 Classical Pieces
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs – anthology)
Item no.: 769302
for: Flute, viola [violin], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 635168
Etudes spéciales
Band 1, Etüden Nr. 1 - Nr. 30 (Lehrmaterial, Technik) (Teaching material, Technique)
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 359660
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 296267
around 40 choral settings for SATB, some with piano accompaniment
editionchor
- Graduated prices on request -
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 682691
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 395212
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 325813
33 Beautiful Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758499
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026408
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163300
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 408880
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2982
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 494275
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 395364
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 275336
for: Gesang, Flöte, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
Score
Item no.: 617553
for: Voice, strings
Score
Item no.: 665865
Critical commentary
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 655283
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666933
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 212229
Volume 2 (Francais Anglais) (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 239033
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 227646
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