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.
for: Frauenchor (SSAA), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424296
Passions-Oratorium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424061
Graduale
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423963
Missa pro defunctis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235428
Erstausgabe bei Carus
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 424865
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236725
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236646
Danket dem Herrn
for: Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cor, 2 Tr, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Bc
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631140
MH 634
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237818
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237748
'Creation Mass'
Urtext of the Joseph-Haydn Complete Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 180103
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 167881
für Soli Chor, Orchester u. Orgel
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 190434
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351881
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351880
for: Flute, oboe, string orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351791
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558433
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558422
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 636518
for: Strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608452
for: Voice (bass), viola, strings
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557988
for: 2 violins, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355355
for: Harp, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355254
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355165
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 138481
für Soli oder Chor, konzertante Orgel und Streicher
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 207522
Heft 9: Salzburger Nachtmusik I
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243144
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 225117
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 142093
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 466309
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443821
"Jagdsinfonie"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421802
Praeclassica
for: Violin, piano
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421421
Praeclassica
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421412
Praeclassica
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421407
Praeclassica
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421287
Praeclassica
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421260
ars instrumentalis 011
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 665793
Hob. I:49,
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 372575
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 296089
Heft 10: Salzburger Nachtmusik II
for: Youth string orchestra
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429629
Heft 10: Salzburger Nachtmusik II
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429625
für Kaiserin Marie Therese
Hob. XXIIIc:2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1557263
für ATTB-Blockflöten
for: TBFL 2
Single part(n)
Item no.: 549444
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691289
Nagels Musik-Archiv
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 873001
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 872306
Hob. I:8
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1017774