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.
op. 33
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748915
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554820
aus: Six Duets for a Violin & Vc., or Harpsichord
London, 1770
for: Violin, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6335
aus: Nouvelle Méthode De Flute
for: 2 flutes [oboes/clarinets/violins]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3500
aus der Serenade KV 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
for: 2 violins [clarinets]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2483
"London No. 7"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 736795
Edition Schott
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 746649
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746896
Edition Schott
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 727644
Nr. 1, aus "6 petits et faciles Trios a l'usage des Scholares"
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4346
aus "Eight Easy Voluntarys for the Organ"
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4772
Hausmusik
for: Flöte, 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1549039
aus: "6 Duettinos progressives pour deux clarinettes"
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4806
op. 52, Nr. 7
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1217
Cavatina der Barbarina aus der Oper "Le Nozze di Figaro"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1703
Arie des Tamino aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte", KV 620
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1244
KV 68 (41i)
for: 2 violins, cello, organ (double bass/bassoon ad lib.)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2189
aus: "Amusement Champêtres", 1729
for: Violin [treble recorder/flute/oboe], basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 5703
from: Six Solos for a German Flute, Violin or Harpsichord Opera quarto
London, 1745
for: Flute [violin], basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 3516
Ein Veilchen auf der Wiese stand
for: 2 voices (MezA) [women's choir]; piano ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 4893
KV 410, für zwei Klarinetten und Fagott
(Orig. in F für zwei Bassethörner und Fagott)
for: 2 clarinets, bassoon
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4189
Aria from the oratorio "The Creation"
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731218
Edition Schott
for: 2 flutes [violins]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 723445
Vox Humana
for: Alt (Bariton), Violine (Violoncello) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 760732
Edition Schott
for: Flute, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 723284
Trio 1-3
for: Flute, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 729873
aus: "6 Sonaten für Clavier mit Begleitung einer Flöte oder Violine"
Riga, 1777
for: Flute [violin], harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 3817
for Violin Concerto, op. 61 by Ludwig van Beethoven
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 730818
G major, A minor
for: Flöte (Oboe) und Basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 723421
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 737866
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779770
Edition Schott
for: Klarinette, Violine und Klavier; Violoncello (Fagott) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 721289
aus "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
für Sopran solo, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2656
"Emperor"
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 737138
Eine Anleitung
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 797376
aus der "Méthode pour la Flûte traversière" (Paris, c. 1800)
for: 2 flutes [clarinets/violins]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2901
35 Easy to Intermediate Original Works for Guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 736571
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748914
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1260077
18 Probestücke zu dem Versuch "Über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754289
A
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045795
of the concerto for flute, harp and orchestra KV 299
for: Flute, harp
Solostimmensatz
Item no.: 750140
bearbeitet für Streichtrio
for: 2 violins, cello [violin, viola, cello]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2534
aus "Sonatilles, Solo, Pour La Flûte traverssiere ou Violon avec La Basse", op. 19
Paris, 1739
for: Flute [violin], basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 5204
Duett aus der Oper "Le Nozze di Figaro"
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1669
from: La Bohème
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759692
Orgelmusik der Klassik und Romantik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 794036
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Cembalo oder Flöte oder Violoncello und Streicher
Study score
Item no.: 749243