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.
Antiphon
Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 363872
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 1: B.c.
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421974
Chiemsee-Messe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 clarinos (C), timpani, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377133
for: Frauenchor (SSAA), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424295
Passions-Oratorium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424063
Graduale
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423962
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Hörner, Violone, Orgel
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424903
Die frühen Sinfonien
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 561083
ergänzt und herausgegeben von Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Violine 1
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672052
Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta Violone
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Single part Violone [Double bass]
Item no.: 670527
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772195
Requiem
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762116
Admonter Messe MH 530
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 695796
MH 12, 1758 (cavor)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 695790
MH 12, 1758 (cavor)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single parts Violins 1 and 2
Item no.: 695788
Messa delle Benedicenza in C
Kirchenmusik der Wiener Klassik
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684894
'Sanft wie du lebtest'
Beethoven vocal – Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, cello
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 683553
Psalm 100
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643801
for: Flute
Single part(n)
Item no.: 587007
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 586505
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 581731
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 581728
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 564918
Divertimento 7
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236422
Divertimento 2
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236406
für 9 Singstimmen und 9 Instrumente bearbeitet. Versch. Kürzungen, Gesamtdauer inkl. Pause 110 Min., originaler Notentext weitgehend erhalten.
for: Children's choir, 9 instruments
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235889
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 135127
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 265517
Fk 83
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234165
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1010208
Oratorium
BR-CPEB D 3 (Wq 240)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596280
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 176138
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362708
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212885
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 434041
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797408
Hob. I:17
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596338
(enthält beide Fassungen)
for: Solo voice (soprano/tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1543930
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558024
a-Moll BR-WFB C 14
for: Harpsichord, strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648596
Epistelsonate
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Chamber orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623242
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 611216
Psalm 112
Dresden version – First Edition
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681063
MH 39
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237790
MH 826
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237759
Kantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235163
KV 243
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235112
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232677