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: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 478442
Synagogalmusik 4
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 625908
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1532
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128161
for: 2 violins [flute, clarinet (B-flat)], cello [bassoon], harpsichord [piano]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1526
for: Voice, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1078
40 Classical Arrangements
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 739739
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 128194
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 385437
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 634581
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389045
no. 19 and no. 20 g minor and G major op. 49 no. 1 and no. 2
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683710
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 682677
Passion
No. 12-22
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 285806
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 285743
Piano Lessons by Cornelius Gurlitt
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 285657
edited by Ferruccio Busoni
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284572
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284571
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 144196
for: Oboe, horn, piano (trio)
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 583111
Versions in E major and in E flat major
Urtext
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 577770
Fantaisie brillante sur l'opéra „Carmen“ – Scène from the opera „Giralda“ by Adolphe Adam
Flute Collection
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 665914
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 644841
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 300105
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 621039
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630330
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304918
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 283507
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 282524
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 656569
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 669163
for: Violin, guitar
Item no.: 186350
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 161105
for: Bass trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 130545
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 130452
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 130159
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 304595
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 217030
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE OBOE OBOE UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 495050
for: Cello, guitar
Item no.: 291979
for: Cello, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 273154
for: Piano
Item no.: 562659
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 494137
revised edition (replaces HN 36)
Fingering: Andreas Boyde
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647775
No. 35–62
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 380373
(Collection, Urtext)
for: Male choir
Music score
Item no.: 379193
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361012
For proving the sense of rhythm and expression
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360969
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