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: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170824
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 310661
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 183974
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 183919
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608528
“Scottish”
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432640
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444195
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428393
for Clarinet and Orchestra
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 347100
Tragic Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 565462
for: Violin, viola
Single part(n)
Item no.: 359850
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308268
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307973
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 307054
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306989
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306983
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307867
for: Male choir
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307125
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676603
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 641445
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 178980
Fragment aus Goethes "Harzreise im Winter" (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 157483
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 586521
Triple Concerto
Urtext of the New Complete Edition
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 486385
Overture to Heinrich Joseph von Collin's Tragedy – Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 431124
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 213782
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1203609
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 130535
ChorSolo part(s), Single parts
Item no.: 226553
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 562645
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 494134
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 475519
for: 2 violins
Single part(n)
Item no.: 359343
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 381048
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1031416
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 305015
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 106749
for: Voice (alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 106550
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1170133
op. 165/2
for: Salon orchestra
Klavierdirektion und Stimmen Klav-Dir, Akk, V-Dir., V obl., Vc, KB, Fl, Ob, Klar, TrpI, TrpII, Pos, Schlgz
Item no.: 757233
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 358150
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305350
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 206125
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir part Soprano 2
Item no.: 668844
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 245941
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382220
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309284
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304966
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