Few artistic movements have changed people’s perception of the world as much as classicism. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself all the wonderful music of the classical period.
In music, the Classical Period saw a departure from complex, contrapuntal polyphony, to the beginnings of a simpler homophonic structure, to melody and accompaniment. Polyphony however was not forgotten; all the major composers continued to use polyphony from time to time, and some of the most exciting classical movements use the modern fugue. A good example is Mozart’s Requiem, or Beethoven’s Great Fugue String Quartet Op.133.
The most important music form which came from the classical period is undoubtedly Sonata Form. Sonata Form is an elaborate structure that represents the ultimate pursuit of perfection in music. Sonata Form became the basis of all important musical works of the time: Concertos, Symphonies, Sonatas, and String Quartets. Through the progressive works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Opera developed out of the The Baroque Period, into the diverse classical form, with Opera Buffa and Opera Seria, serious or comic opera, championed by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Through the Classical Period, the piano overtook the harpsichord, and quickly became one of the most popular solo instruments, and certainly the most important accompaniment instrument. The orchestra grew, and new instruments such as the clarinet and contrabasson were added, and many other instruments developed, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, and became more virtuosic due to the new modern valve systems. Towards the end of the 18th century, however, many baroque instruments, like the harpsichord, which had been firm favourites of the The Baroque Period, were becoming more and more redundant.
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 343320
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 383111
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Flute, harp, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184382
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337600
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116465
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 732099
for: Alphorn (G-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271633
(1–44)
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265340
7 variations on the duet "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from the Opera "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 248021
for: Piano
Item no.: 609735
(Urtext)
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 337680
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 388543
Dramma giocoso in two acts KV 588
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116427
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401218
Leineneinband
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401330
(Kreutzer-Sonata)
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160706
op. 17
for: Klavier und Horn (Violoncello)
Item no.: 139882
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116479
Hob. XVIIa:1
for: Piano 4 hands
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4556
aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen, Fantasien, Versetten, Fughetten und Fugen" (Heft 3, Nr. 9)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4860
für zwei Manuale zur Abwechslung des Forte und Piano
Nr. 7, aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen ..." Band 1
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4496
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1317312
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 586483
In Two Books
(Nos. 1–5)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316456
Londoner Trio Nr. 1
for: 2 flutes [violins], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2414
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696015
Vol. II
Opera Omnia Vol. 46
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 549666
(45–88)
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265341
for: KLAV (ORG)
FAKSIMILE
Item no.: 485824
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418474
"Paris Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116469
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696005
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582645
Edited by the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 177358
Nach den Solfeggien Friedrichs des Großen
for: Treble recorder
Item no.: 109005
with marked and unmarked string parts
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401516
Krebs 172
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 275242
Edition Schott
for: Oboe (Flöte, Violine) und Basso continuo (Cembalo, Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 747343
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 664058
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193055
für Sopran und Klavier
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129268
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116489
Original für Flötenuhr, eingerichtet für Orgel von Thierry Hirsch
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 684473
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116793
MusicaLady – Komponistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts 10
for: Piano
Item no.: 298819
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 155799
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401144
Schlusschor aus der 9. Sinfonie ("Europahymne")
leicht bearbeitet für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2034