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.
Marsch
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 943122
for: VL HRN (VC) KLAV
Item no.: 215452
on poems by Wilhelm Müller for medium voice (mezzo-soprano/baritone) and piano
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 446799
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848153
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848727
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848552
from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 848450
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 849191
Sudien und Übungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849087
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848953
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849613
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849296
for: 3 clarinets (trio)
Item no.: 215410
adapted from Peer Gynt
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670868
Edition Peter Damm
for: Horn, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 183968
für Violine und Klavier
String Attack
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 476721
für Violoncello und Klavier
String Attack
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 363052
Music Box
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 602113
The World's Great Classical Music
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 551990
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920442
Oxford Choral Classics
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920328
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 468829
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 324588
Piano fácil
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 776167
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 853871
Ed. A. Cortot - pour piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 333920
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 273908
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 149657
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 140974
für Viola und Cello
for: Viola, cello
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 168222
für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: Voice (alto)
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 136913
for: Piano
Item no.: 101357
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 120877
I.–V. Lage
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1687887
Konzertwerk
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 947908
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 947860
Konzertwerk
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 948236
Konzertwerk
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 948123
Geistliche Musik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 948052
Konzertwerk
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 948583
Based on Ode to Joy
Young Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 762340
Score, Parts
Item no.: 214542
Volume 2 / Flute Et Piano
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 148214
Klassik
for: Harfe
Score
Item no.: 122866
Klassik
for: Piano Quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 818991
for: Trumpet In C or B-Flat and Piano
Book
Item no.: 188244
ABRSM Cello Exam Pieces 2016-2019
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101206
for: Violin [flute, cello], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 101179
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