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.
(mit 2 Kadenzen)KV 107
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 146262
Hob. I:20,
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610665
Hob. I:20
for: String orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610666
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784428
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 784643
Lambacher
for: Orchestra
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 784720
Lambacher
for: Orchestra
Single part Oboe 2
Item no.: 784721
G Minor
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Single part Oboe 2
Item no.: 784854
G Minor
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784859
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783697
from the ballet "Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus"
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783829
(Divertimento)
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 732123
"Die Himmel rühmen", C-Dur
for: gemischter Chor (Frauen-/Kinderchor) mit Klavier oder 3 Violinen, Violoncello, Bass und Pauken
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 747054
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 747355
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 728183
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557894
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557652
for: String orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784460
for: Oboe, orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784703
"O großer Gott, dich loben wir"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 747038
for: Streichorchester (2 Violinen und Bass)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784461
for: 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 794127
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1114104
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784650
for: Chamber orchestra
Single parts Strings
Item no.: 1346616
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557500
for: String quartet [string orchestra]
Single part Cello
Item no.: 784652
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783842
C Major
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 784627
C Major
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784628
Haydn-Mozart Presse
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 625435
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557828
for: 2 violins, cello
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783900
(Lambacher Messe)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558410
Klavierkonzert - Cembalokonzert
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 883331
Klavierkonzert - Cembalokonzert
Single part Viola
Item no.: 874125
Hob. I:45
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611450
Hob. I:42
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611395
Hob. I:42
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611393
Hob. I:38
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611354
Hob. I:10
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1595948
Die frühen Sinfonien
Diletto musicale 248
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1031746
Overtura La Clemenza di Scipione Orch Einzelstimme Violine 1
for: Orchestra, harpsichord
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645794
Cantata
Diletto Musicale
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689976
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691290
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1134951
Hob. XXIVb:1
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1134992
Hob. XXIVb:11
for: für Bariton (Bass) und Orchester Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 1135163