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.
op. 64/1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1566007
1. Satz (vereinfacht)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565998
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760610
No.1 Cornflowers (Db major)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760468
Johannes 3,16-17
for: Frauenchor (SSA) und Klavier bzw. Orgel Begleitung
Music score
Item no.: 758283
from the operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754527
from the overture of the opera
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754526
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 737114
No. 2 Poppies (D major)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759306
aus dem Film „LARRY FLINT – DIE NACKTE WAHRHEIT“
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209274
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 740088
No. 2 Poppies (G major)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760653
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759113
op. 61/9
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727914
aus dem Film „DER PIANIST“
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209277
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747685
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760669
(Geige)
for: Voice, piano [accordion/keyboard/guitar]; melody instrument ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 753853
March from the opera "Carmen"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727919
from the opera "Faust" / "Margarethe"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727917
op. 28/15
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1566005
Thema aus op. 228
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1566001
aus dem Film "Der Pianist"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565965
Brindisi (Trinklied) "Nun trinket aus vollem Pokale" aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1566020
Nr. 5 Schlechtes Wetter (hoch F-Dur)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747433
Theme from the ballet, Op. 20
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727913
Master Composer Library
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 205647
from Op. 15/7, "Scenes from Childhood"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754521
aus dem Film "Die Klavierspielerin"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565963
Op. 39/15
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740719
aus dem Film „2001: Odyssee im Weltraum“
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209276
Theme
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727872
aus dem Film „SIEBEN JAHRE IN TIBET“
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1209271
op. 3/1
for: Piano
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Item no.: 727910
from the Symphony No. 9, Op. 125
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727909
from the opera "Lohengrin"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733780
aus der Oper „Rigoletto“
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 732896
from "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 1, Op. 46
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754522
Etüde
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1566006
aus der Oper "Tannhäuser"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1566019
aus dem Ballett "Coppélia"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1566011
aus "Karneval der Tiere"
for: Piano
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Item no.: 1566003
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 780089
Theme from the 1st movement, Op. 23
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740720
No. 3 Ivy (C major)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 760658
No. 4 The Waterlily (F sharp minor)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759353
aus dem Film „MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS“
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209280
aus dem Film „DER GEJAGTE“
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209278