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.
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212676
(Urtext)
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 193117
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 184809
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 147959
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 126994
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 247256
for: Horn, piano
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 195117
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443107
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 332224
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 347484
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1644946
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 557487
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 365478
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 364410
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 350104
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1703608
for: Horn, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 620274
for: Piano, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345796
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 166122
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670816
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648952
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 635039
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 605618
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition by Henle Verlag
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579034
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition by Henle Verlag
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579032
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340296
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 339755
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 310659
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 292453
Klavierkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 477843
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 442715
for: Violin solo, string orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 335955
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326261
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326260
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 138897
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695820
Pastoral Symphony – Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683743
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 674588
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668860
for: Cello, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 247526
Brass Ensemble
for: Brass ensemble (11 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678423
for: 7 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696679
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 490963
for: 2 VL VA VC FAG KLAV
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 185607
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Bass Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908888
Preciosa
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 194981
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 249397
for: Flute, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 228078