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: Voices, flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210463
aus: Six Trios à Deux Violons ou Flutes et Violoncelle
Op. 7
for: 2 violins, cello [string orchestra]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3596
KV 343a, für eine Singstimme mit Generalbassbegleitung
for: Voice, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4190
Arie der Königin der Nacht
aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1545
Motette für Chor, Instrumentalbegleitung ad lib. und Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2869
op. 9
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 735647
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 735785
"Pastorale"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 753243
"London No. 11"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 737494
from: Tosca
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759660
Edition Schott
for: Viola, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 749940
Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann
for: Klavier (Orgel)
Music score
Item no.: 1548845
a cinque con diversi canoni, KV 89
for: 5 voices
Score
Item no.: 5882
WoO 15, für zwei Violinen und Bass
for: 2 violins, cello [bass instrument]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3154
Hob. XVIII:8
for: Organ, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3963
Serenade, KV 525 (1. Satz)
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1538
for 7 piano concertos of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727174
pour deux flûtes, ou deux violons & guitarre, op. 68
for: 2 flutes [violins], guitar
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5449
Duo für zwei Klarinetten
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1169
Edition Schott
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 729711
KV 618
for: Voice (medium/low), organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1546
(Theme)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723364
from: Forty Favorite Scotch Airs, adapted for a Violin, German Flute or Violoncello
London, 1789
for: Violin [flute, cello], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5792
Edition Schott
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749503
op. 58/3
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 760727
Op. 9, Nº 1
for: Violin, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3938
Albumblatt, WoO 59
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240
for: 2 violins [descant recorders/oboes/clarinets]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1373
Edition Schott
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 754616
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736230
Edition Schott
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 735660
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045783
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 739690
aus "Six Trios a deux Violons ou une Flûte, Violon et Basse" op. 2
for: 2 violins [flute, violin], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4649
aus "Ave verum corpus" KV 618
for: Trumpet, trombone, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1631835
2nd movement from the piano concerto C major
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724742
Edition Schott
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 727632
Edition Schott
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 744148
"Prussian"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 750408
from op. 40
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754273
for: Flöte und Klavier (Cembalo)
Music score
Item no.: 754335
Overture to the Opera
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749208
from Sonata op. 5/3
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 748723
Edition Schott
for: Oboe [flute/violin], basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 720968
from the opera “The Magic Flute”
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1446
Sonata facile, KV 545
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1257
op. 33
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748915
aus: Six Duets for a Violin & Vc., or Harpsichord
London, 1770
for: Violin, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6335