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.
aus: Zwei deutsche Kirchenlieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339762
aus: Antiphonae ad Stationes pro tribus diebus Rogatium
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339755
aus der Passionskantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 1338180
aus: Salzburger Kirchengesangsbuch 1790
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
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Item no.: 1339839
aus: Salzburger Kirchengesangsbuch 1790
for: Chor SA, Basso continuo
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Item no.: 1339820
aus: Salzburger Kirchengesangsbuch 1790
for: Chor SA, Basso continuo
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Item no.: 1339804
aus: Responsoria in Sabbato Sancto
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339784
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339698
for: Chor SSS, [Klavier]
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Item no.: 1339668
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339739
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339686
for: Chor SSS, [Klavier]
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Item no.: 1339662
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Item no.: 1338095
aus: Zwei deutsche Kirchenlieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339849
aus: Responsoria in Coena Domini
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339790
Hymnus pro tempore Passionis Domini
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339713
for: Chor SSS, [Klavier]
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Item no.: 1339663
for: Chor SSS, [Klavier]
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Item no.: 1339659
aus: Vier deutsche Choralvespern
for: Voice, organ
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Item no.: 1339833
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339828
aus: Salzburger Kirchengesangsbuch 1790
for: Chor SA, Basso continuo
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Item no.: 1339821
Hymnus pro Festo S. Joannis Nepomuceni
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
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Item no.: 1339794
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339793
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339743
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339692
for: Chor SSA (arr.)
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Item no.: 1339674
for: Chor SSS, [Klavier]
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Item no.: 1339664
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339684
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340300
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340295
„Ha, ha, ha, ha, ich merke wohl an euren werten Nasen“
aus: Sechs Canons zu Drey und Vier Stimmen
Leipzig 1807
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
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Item no.: 6311
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1337652
nach dem Adagio (2. Satz) aus Beethovens Violinsonate Nr. 7
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1337639
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339037
aus: Die Schöpfung
for: Chor SSAA (TTBB)
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Item no.: 1339822
„Venerabilis Barba Capucinorum floruit“
aus: Sechs Canons zu Drey und Vier Stimmen, Leipzig 1807
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
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Item no.: 6312
for: Singsti, Klavier
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Item no.: 1339706
for: Chor TTB
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Item no.: 1337651
Schlusschor aus der 9. Sinfonie ("Europahymne")
leicht bearbeitet für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 2034
for: Chor S, SSA, Klavier
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Item no.: 1339682
Zweite Fassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1337646
aus: L'Anima del Filosofo ossia Orfeo e Euridice
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
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Item no.: 1337748
Skolie, aus dem Griechischen
Hob. XXVc:3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)], piano
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Item no.: 3514
"Der Mond ist aufgegangen"
Ausgabe für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 5622
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339719
aus: Così fan tutte
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1337757
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340120
Hob. XXVb:3
for: Mixed choir (STB) [3 voices], piano
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Item no.: 3148