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: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 389081
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 444226
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 1339827
vom 1. Advent bis Neujahr
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 605243
A
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1543702
G
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1554338
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 583354
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 556129
Essential Elements European Band Series
Yamaha Winds class
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 601384
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 374700
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 443944
'Noël Allemand' Es-Dur
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
for: 4 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 374535
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801883
für Streicher, Trompete und Schlagwerk
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Trumpet, strings, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 417839
Kritischer Bericht
Book
Item no.: 1667150
Offertorium
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 2 voices (SS), string orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 621017
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 420047
From A Consort Of Choral Christmas Carols
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 357232
for: GCH 2 TRP STR ORG
Score
Item no.: 604729
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Das Schottener Kantatenarchiv Vol. 3
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor (4-stimmig), Hörner (2), Streichorchester, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1667043
Weihnachtsoratorium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385463
für Singstimme und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2326
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 644890
for SATB choir and organ
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 755226
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 209383
from: 32 Praeludia zu geistlichen Liedern vor zwey Claviere und Pedal
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6351
für Chor (SATB), zwei Trompeten, zwei Hörner, zwei Violinen, Viola, Kontrabass und Orgel.
Musik aus Klöstern, Kirchen und Fürstenhöfen Band 6
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 656095
for: SOLI GCH 2 TRP (HRN) 2 VL BC (+ PK)
PART
Item no.: 632714
Weihnachtsoratorium
Erstdruck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 630477
Paket: Partitur + CD-Rom mit Orchesterstimmen zum Ausdrucken
Musik aus Klöstern, Kirchen und Fürstenhöfen Band 6
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score, CD-ROM
Item no.: 629915
Schlusschor aus dem Oratorium 'Die Hirten bei der Krippe zu Bethlehem'
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 766350
Graduale u. Offertorium für die 3. Messe des Weihnachtsfestes, mit Orchester u. Orgel
Österreichische Kirchenmusik Band 5
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
String parts (4)
Item no.: 309558
für Streicher, Trompete und Schlagwerk
Stimmen
for: Trumpet, strings, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 458638
Flötenmusik des 18. Jahrhunderts in Oberitalien
for: 4 Flöten und Basso continuo (oder 5 Flöten)
Music score
Item no.: 760521
Motetto Pastorale
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 311494
for: STP (9)
Sheet music, Study score
Item no.: 433069
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425439
for: GES-H (S) KLAR ORG
Item no.: 242738
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1037455
for three recorders and basso continuo
for: 3 recorders (AAT), basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 369032
KV 195 (186d)
Partitur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235089
KV 193
Partitur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235043
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045019
KV 195 (186d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430845
Pastorella
Organ reduction
Item no.: 425513
Solomotette zum Dreifaltigkeitsfest oder zu Weihnachten
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237292
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 236804
Pastorella
for: Women's choir, several instruments
Score
Item no.: 425688