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.
Hob. I:16
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596335
'Creation Mass'
Urtext of the Joseph-Haydn Complete Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 133249
"O großer Gott, dich loben wir"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Organ
Item no.: 747035
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 734477
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 749492
for two horns, viola, two cellos, basso continuo
first print
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: 2 horns, viola, 2 cellos, basso continuo
single part Horn 2 (C)
Item no.: 682098
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 784425
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784564
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784645
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784646
for: Violoncello und Streichorchester; 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784747
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 782108
Gratulations-Menuett
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783831
Gratulations-Menuett
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 783832
for: Cello, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1346564
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1681450
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557923
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557999
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1558111
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1558115
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 750088
"O großer Gott, dich loben wir"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Cello
Item no.: 747037
for: 2 violins
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 727921
D major
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, Fagott, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784838
früher Georg Benda zugeschrieben
for: Viola und Streicher mit Cembalo; 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784811
Adelaide
for: Violin, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 728757
for: Oboe, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784702
D major
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, Fagott, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784839
for: 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1018458
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1113511
Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 740182
for: Streichorchester (2 Violinen und Bass)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784463
aus "La rosière républicaine"
for: Streicher und Bläser
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784573
for: Orchestra
Single part Flute
Item no.: 784088
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783848
für gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel
Violoncello / Kontrabass
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668990
Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 687307
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 1354925
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355287
for: Piano, chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355216
for: Chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355274
for: Trompete, Oboe, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784554
"Die Himmel rühmen", C-Dur
for: gemischter Chor (Frauen-/Kinderchor) mit Klavier oder 3 Violinen, Violoncello, Bass und Pauken
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 747051
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1557645
for: Trombone
Single part
Item no.: 493706
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 478381
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 126875
for: HRN-D 1
Single part
Item no.: 189104
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