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 4 hands
Buch
Item no.: 837078
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 971751
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862058
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Electric guitar
DVD (learning video)
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for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 971548
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 810834
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 807559
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 806311
for: Baritone horn
Buch
Item no.: 804937
for: Concert band
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 814375
for: Voice, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 640804
(Teaching material)
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 603394
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Score
Item no.: 769754
60 Exercises
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 407964
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 129211
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 349192
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488836
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1583086
for horn with piano accompaniment
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1634295
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318183
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 262387
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 385238
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 132288
Opera with a Prologue and four Acts (First version) / Opera in five Acts (Second version)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, Urtext editions)
Item no.: 868775
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686996
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260772
for: Recorder Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557947
for: Piano
Score (with critical report)
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Book (Hardcover)
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Book (Hardcover)
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for: Männerchor (T(B)B) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1627734
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 360623
for: Wind Ensemble, Bassoon
Buch
Item no.: 293863
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982771
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 321636
for: Women's Choir [SA] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962291
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317747
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316264
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 324896
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908904
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 647874
for: Women's Choir [SSAA] and Piano or Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 470431
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 611042
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