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: Cornet und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829642
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 829314
for: Clarinet, piano
Book
Item no.: 1011687
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1011661
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1023911
Buch
Item no.: 103328
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963290
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830144
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830018
String Ensemble
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829150
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829100
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768303
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: 2-Part Treble Voices [SA], opt Strings, Flute and Oboe
Choir score
Item no.: 868486
set of wind parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1212209
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212046
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1212045
for: 8 Wind Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212040
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211947
set of string parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1211921
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1211840
for: 2 Oboe's and English Horn
Set of parts
Item no.: 1211501
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540493
String Quartet No.3
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1540400
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540219
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540049
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 489206
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 487270
Orgelparaphrase
édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 15
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 796875
from L' Arlésienne Suite No. 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 900400
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 892021
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 161371
for: 2 pianos
2 music scores
Item no.: 161345
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160737
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160295
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 168544
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 166984
for: 2 Horns and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166934
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book
Item no.: 165132
for: Voice (low), piano
Book
Item no.: 169937
for: Soprano or Tenor Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169735
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391852
für 2 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 346572
4. Kitty-Valse
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 261370
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 279681
Oratorium
for: Voice (alto)
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 431199
"Mein Wien, wie bist du doch so schön" Walzerop. 325
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Chorstimme
Item no.: 1112024
Vor- und Nachspiele für die Orgel
op. 272
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1011301
from Snow Maiden
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 132874
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