Whether you are after works like Debussy’s rich, sweeping portrayal of the sea, La Mer, or Mascagni’s passionate tale a woman betrayed, Cavalleria Rusticana, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonders and marvels of impressionism and verismo today!
The subtle blurring of a picture, the scenting and illuminating of the world around us, the radiant purity of impression, this was the path of a group of young French artists lead by Claude Monet, whose painting “Impression – Soleil Levant” gave this artistic movement its name, and its purpose.
Impressionism in music mirrors the artistic movement, using atmospheric tonality to blur the pictures, clear melodies clouded by complex harmony, using chromaticism, whole-tone rows and exotic scales, but above all, introducing bold and inventive instrumentation, to create new sound impressions and varied, contrasting moods.
Verismo, which comes from the Latin “verus” or truth, is a clear move away from the romantic tradition of using tales from the past, with an emphasis on story-telling, and instead focusing on reality, and a true representation of human character and emotion. Verismo is the Italian Operatic antithesis of the German mythological operatic movement of Richard Wagner, and his new form of musical theatre. Verismo operas are characterised by their impressive, dramatic musical portrayal of realistic, modern themes from everyday life, with a great contrast between the light and the dark human characters, qualities and emotions.
for: 5 trombones
Score, 5 Single part
Item no.: 112472
for: Saxophone, piano
Item no.: 419481
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301547
for: Horn (F), piano
Item no.: 477980
Extrait de Daphnis et Chloe
for: 2 flutes, piano
Piano score, ensemble score
Item no.: 1561996
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671329
mystère en cinq actes de Gabriele d'Annunzio
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1658700
for: 2 FL 2 KLAR STR
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 1659030
aus "Six Epigraphes Antiques"
édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 4
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1008793
für Flöte solo
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 383265
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 340207
Einzelausgabe aus Miroirs, Henle Ausgabe HN 842
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 647785
für Klavier
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 158245
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 202168
für kleines Orchester
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1658052
für kleines Orchester
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Chamber orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1658056
Concert rhapsody
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 618385
for: Harp (solo), 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, clarinet
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1657158
für kleines Orchester
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1651579
für kleines Orchester
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Chamber orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1658054
Concert rhapsody
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 618384
for: Harp (solo), 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, clarinet
Single part Flute
Item no.: 1669357
for: Harp (solo), 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, clarinet
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1666963
for: Harp (solo), 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, clarinet
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1659759
für kleines Orchester
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1651576
Suite d'Orchestre
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1658712
Concert rhapsody
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 618386
for: Harp (solo), 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, clarinet
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1659566