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.
De Vogelkoopman
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189364
In Swing-In Moderne Stijl
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1185104
Ouverture-Overture
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184953
From The Opera Cavelleria Rusticana
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184879
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 463991
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691952
Edition Vierfarben Saxophon
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691959
Der Ring des Nibelungen WWV 86 A
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Voices, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690945
Solo For Clarinet or Soprano Saxophone and Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184460
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184387
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184216
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184195
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183694
Op. 35 - Solo For Bassoon and Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183438
für Orchester
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 678084
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 665604
Vierter Satz: Marche au supplice
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 612982
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 583380
Transkribiert für Orgel
Organ Transcription Repertoire
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 297842
aus der Suite "Der Nussknacker"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560660
From A Midsummer Night's Dream
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1179205
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1178825
Arrangement Classic
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 372869
Ouverture/Overture
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1190097
Arrangement Classic
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189189
Ouverture/Overture
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188995
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188953
(From Eugen Onegin)
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188896
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188842
Poeme Symphonique No.3
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188828
Europe/Anthem (Deutsch)
for: Concert Band and Choir [opt.]
Score
Item no.: 1188820
Ouverture/Overture
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188057
Opus 45
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188042
Baritone (voice) Solo and Band
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188010
For Band and Choir (Deutsch)
for: Concert Band and TTBB
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187857
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Saxophone
Buch
Item no.: 1583159
Grande Valse
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188168
Uit Hoffmanns Erzahlungen Deutsch
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184816
Prelude
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183604
for: Chamber Trio
Book
Item no.: 940824
D Major
for: Chamber Trio
Book
Item no.: 937556
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 938726
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938191
Klassik
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 940861
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 939239
for: Chamber Trio
Book
Item no.: 938906
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book
Item no.: 938894
Sudien und Übungen
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 941441