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.
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236759
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236730
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236660
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236657
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Clarino (trumpet) 1
Item no.: 236653
ars instrumentalis 011
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 665794
Single part Organ
Item no.: 348316
for two violas, two cellos and basso continuo
first print
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: 2 violas, 2 cellos, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682091
for: Cembalo oder Flöte oder Violoncello und Streicher
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 756664
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, Electronium
Item no.: 220148
für Orchester Violine 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643886
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772196
Lieder nach Klaviersonaten Beethovens
instrumentale Klassiker in modernem Gewand
Oberstimme
for: Children's choir (S/SA) [mixed choir (SAM)], piano; instruments ad lib.
Single part Melody instrument (C/B-flat)
Item no.: 693210
Warburton E 14
Responsorium. Mailänder Vesperpsalm
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693164
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 2: Vl. 1
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421975
Psalm 112
Dresden version – First Edition
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681064
for: Frauenchor (SSAA), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424298
for: Soli (SS), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Vn, Orgel)
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424274
Graduale
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423964
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455925
for: 6 soloists (SAATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1610727
WV 418
for: für Orchester Violine 1
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1134907
for: Cello, orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1346560
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237811
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237810
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237747
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237707
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237441
ars instrumentalis 21
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025067
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 733193
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 384171
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384160
für Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Violoncello
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367929
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385747
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 387411
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429359
für 4 Solostimmen, Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 274996
für 4 Solostimmen, Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 274994
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443818
Kritische Ausgabe sämtlicher Symphonien
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 745243
Nagels Musik-Archiv
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 877520
Hortus Musicus
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 873647
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 872496
"Maria Theresia"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 871077
"Harmony Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 554479
"Harmony Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 554478
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476462
Hob. I:32
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611256