The turn of the 19th century saw the dawn of Romanticism. This artistic and cultural movement was constantly striving for new ideas and new beginnings, during a particularly turbulent time in social, political and natural history. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the romantic masters and their works today.
The reason and order of the classical period were balanced out in the romantic period by emotion and imagination. The word romanticism is derived from the French literary terms roman and romantique. Programme music uses melodies and instrumental colours to tell a story, to take the listener on a musical journey. The most prominent of all program music is undoubtedly the symphonic poem, created, explored and developed by composers such as Franz Liszt and Bedřich Smetana.
Compared to the Classical Period, the melodies of the romantic period became less and less regular and symmetrical, and the harmony more and more chromatic and dissonant. As the romantic period progressed, the possibilities of traditional tonality became more and more exhausted, and the beginning of the 20th century saw the departure from classical structure and form, and the movement towards modern and contemporary classical music.
In order to broaden the sound palate which set the mood and atmosphere for the romantic period, new instruments began to appear in the orchestra, and voices began to be deployed, choirs and soloists began to be introduced into traditional instrumental works. Throughout the 19th century, the fashion was expansion, both in music for Symphony Orchestra and in Choral Music, the forces grew and grew, far beyond the imagination of any of the classical composers of the previous century.
In the 19th century, Opera flourished, be it Italian verismo, French "Grand Opera", or Wagner’s new world of music theatre. The most important opera composers of the 19th century were Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi.
Chor & Orgel
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor, Orgel
Organ reduction
Item no.: 122956
Op. 14
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1563133
op. 447
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1471
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401152
plus Liedtexte
for: Viola, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 477627
für Steichquartett
Thema und 14 Variationen über die Melodie von Mildred J. Hill
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 108677
Exercises 1–20
Schirmer Library of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 274489
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 157262
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401407
Revised edition by Michael Pilkington
Mengenpreise möglich
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 163439
Musica Mundi 14
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 357722
Edition from the first edition.
Provided with notes on the practical use
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125096
for: 2 classical guitars
Set of parts
Item no.: 694886
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 290017
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 3
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 139273
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620062
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 603656
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 241358
aus der Ballettmusik „Der Nussknacker“, op. 71
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
Ballade von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bariton solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Piccoloflöte, Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Große Konzert-Trommel, Becken, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 489922
– Alla Händel –
Ein Siegesgesang aus Portraits op. 101
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 550877
for Piano and Clarinet
Version for Violoncello
Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401401
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401362
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561233
bearbeitet
for: Voice (medium), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 683850
20 kleine Stückeop. 123
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 287444
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB/SSATB/SSAATB/SSAATTB)
CHORBUCH
Item no.: 433866
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 214559
authentic alternative flute part (instead of violin) available separately as HN 1297
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776879
Chopin National Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344829
Musica Rara
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224599
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 303488
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1556599
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 565554
op. 38
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 630406
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817246
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 677770
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360396
im Stile von Gaetano Pugnani
Kreisler Klassische Manuskripte 5
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201324
Study edition commented by Alfred Cortot
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 649898
Hugo Wolf Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 417819
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404329
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
Kompletter Satz Bläser- und Schlagzeugstimmen
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 677771
Leicht darstellbare Ein-, Auszugs-, und Zugabestücke aus Barock, Klassik und Romantik
for: Organ (manuals, ped. ad lib)
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 676161
Complete Works 3
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 105774
for: Piano, clarinet [violin], viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 561259
EMB Moments Musicaux for Violoncello 6
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198033
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360097
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 295238
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360592