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.
Swing Song
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 761532
Schott Archive
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 724077
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 660659
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 477547
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 991429
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 236252
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 775426
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 991702
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 615245
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Score
Item no.: 778348
for: Guitar, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 643961
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 377373
Special edition in association with Mendelssohn-Haus Leipzig
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1582044
National Edition - Miniature Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684120
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 607377
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 158174
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 408589
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 404359
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 1670505
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 622793
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345072
Piano reduction
Item no.: 306792
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 178108
for: 4 violins
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 669133
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 253462
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 694876
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 213075
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391837
for: 2 cellos
Item no.: 352393
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339308
for: Soli SB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2) (auch Englischhorn), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (4), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Tuba, Pauke, Schlaginstrument, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Score
Item no.: 1337401
(Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 607436
für Gitarre solo
for: Guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 194933
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358989
for: Organ
Item no.: 120880
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 5799
Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696027
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695812
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287077
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 583541
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 287013
for: String Quintet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 165229
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391909
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 165573
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 324170
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 391178
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 178260
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902213
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