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.
"Maria Theresia"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 883458
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 358147
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 556498
Passions-Cantate, nach der Poesie des Herrn Buschmann HoWV I.2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772554
Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d
for: Choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 401282
Hob. XXIVb:17
for: für Sopran und Orchester Viola
Single part
Item no.: 1135365
Hob. XXIVb:9
for: für Sopran und Orchester Viola
Single part
Item no.: 1135276
Hob. I:73
for: für Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1135274
Haydn-Mozart Presse
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1135168
Haydn-Mozart Presse
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1134955
Hob. I:50
for: für Orchester Viola
Single part
Item no.: 1134924
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1135581
Hob. XXIVb:3
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 1135565
Hob. XXIVb:7
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 1135536
Haydn-Mozart Presse
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1135420
Heft 7: Drei Sätze aus "Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers" op. 51, nach der Streichquartettfassung Hob.XX:1b
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493856
Graduale
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 493375
Hob. I:84
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1134848
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377949
Haydn-Mozart Presse
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1134845
Hob. I:54
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 586033
"Harmony Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185225
Praeclassica
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104270
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1200504
Hob. I:81
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656533
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Chamber orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768373
for: Flute, violin, cello, piano
Single part Piano
Item no.: 779112
for: Violin, cello, orchestra
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 741447
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 782022
for: Concert band
Single part Tuba 1, 2
Item no.: 1545171
Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 743741
op. 101
for: Cello, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 730054
for: Viola, Streicher, 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner in C
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784873
Gratulations-Menuett
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783833
from the ballet "Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus"
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 783828
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Viola
Item no.: 783699
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783698
for: Klarinette (C oder B) und Streicher; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783687
E flat Major
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner und Streicher; Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784851
früher Georg Benda zugeschrieben
for: Viola und Streicher mit Cembalo; 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 784817
for: 2 flutes, strings
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784781
for: 2 flutes, strings
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784779
Lambacher
for: Orchestra
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784723
for: String quartet [string orchestra]
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 784653
aus "La rosière républicaine"
for: Streicher und Bläser
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784574
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784486
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Oboe 2
Item no.: 784426
after Piano sonatas of Johann Christian Bach
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 752186