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.
A
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665997
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690638
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696757
bearbeitet für
for: Mandolin, guitar
Item no.: 1690073
C
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666213
G
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666340
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665989
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665907
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689572
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1678143
Original scoring (Mozart) / Later scoring (Mozart) / Posthumous double scoring
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689537
for: Cor anglais, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1696652
1. Satz Allegro
for: 3 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689731
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1681436
Theresienmesse
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 1697169
Theresienmesse
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 1697166
from the Festa teatrale "Le feste d'Apollo", Parma Version 1769
Bärenreiter Urtext
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689646
Linz' Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1681488
Linz' Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1681484
19 Works for Solo Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1678451
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1615874
Hob XI: 49–72
Band III des Haydn-Verzeichnisses
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1697044
Hob XI: 49–72
Band III des Haydn-Verzeichnisses
Baryton-Stimme (Viola da Gamba)
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Single part
Item no.: 1697037
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684478
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689540
Linz' Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1681489
op. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615870
Hob XI: 49–72
Band III des Haydn-Verzeichnisses
Barytonstimme im Violinschlüssel
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Single part
Item no.: 1697041
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Spielpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615906
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689543
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689541
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689542
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1682022
for: Baryton (viola) [viola da gamba/violin], viola, cello
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1697042
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1681441
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1681442
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1681450