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.
Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 739090
Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 736315
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score
Item no.: 749166
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score
Item no.: 749150
Contains nearly every piece of piano music Debussy wrote
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 898726
From German Requiem
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897069
String Solo
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 318622
One Piano, Four Hands.
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 901145
His Greatest (Ashley)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1353398
Piano Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 318736
Opera
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 318320
Opera
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 318302
Vocal Score
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 318136
Two Pianos, Four Hands.
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 317106
Choral
for: SAB with Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901984
From St Paul Oratorio
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 901213
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900203
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900035
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316701
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316644
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316599
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316596
Piano Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316580
Two Pianos, Four Hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 316423
Piano Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316309
Vocal Collection
for: Voice (low), piano
Book
Item no.: 316253
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 316219
Carnival de Vienne
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316184
Piano Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316147
Early to Mid-Intermediate Level
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 932906
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 905179
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316922
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316805
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316802
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 198498
Organ Collection
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 317862
Choral Large Works
for: Soloist (tenor), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317732
Choral
for: SSA with Organ or Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317335
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803655
(Evening Violets)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815542
(from Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit) Discovery Level 3
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811777
(from Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit) Discovery Level 3
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811394
Discovery Choral
for: Unison Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 806007
Music for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 808962
Music for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 807509
A Symphonic Suite
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 808107
MusicWorks Grade 3
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 812895
Harp
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 559614
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