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: Organ
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for: Treble recorder
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for: 2 flutes (duet)
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for: Cello, piano
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for: Flute, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
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Second Version (1890)
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
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for: Flute, piano
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for: Double bass, piano
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Mittelschwere Stücke
Klavierstücke von Fanny Hensel 7
for: Piano
Music score
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für Gitarre
Band 2
for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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Score, Set of parts
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pour 2 flutes piccolos et piano
Collection Jean-Louis Beaumadier
for: 2 piccolos, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
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Volume 2, No. 8-24
Eliot Fisk Master Series
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 340270
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
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for: Double bass, piano
Book
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for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
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for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Organ
Score
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for: Guitar, string orchestra
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 377373
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano
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for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
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Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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(Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
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für Gitarre solo
for: Guitar
Ensemble score
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for: Organ
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for: 2 flutes (duet)
Set of parts
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for: Clarinet
Music score
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Choir score
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Studienpartitur
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Study score
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Music score
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Suite 4
Œuvres Choisies pour Piano
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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Book
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for: Piano
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Sämtliche Lieder 2
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2Second Version (1878) with the 1880 Finale
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
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Oper in drei Akten
Kritische Neuausgabe nach den Quellen mit den nachkomponierten Rezitativen von Ernest Guiraud
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
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for: Piano left hand, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Three symphonic sketches
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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for: Guitar
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
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