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.
Le Rossignol
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 697684
Capriccio
Schott Archive
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 697680
"Erzherzog-Trio"
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 696872
(from Il Trovatore)
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696834
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 831952
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817141
Handlung in 3 Aufzügen WWV 90
Richard Wagner – Sämtliche Werke 8/II
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 764167
Endfassung 1911
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 745486
Konzerte Nr. 4 und 5 mit Kritischem Bericht
Beethoven Gesamtausgabe, Abteilung III, Band 3
for: Piano, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 745452
aus der Musik zu Shakespeares "Sommernachtstraum"
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 624529
(Reprint)
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 622519
Transcription
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 631645
Op.53
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 631192
for: Piano
Item no.: 631041
für zwei Violinen, Viola und zwei Violoncelli
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 617532
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with French and Spanish Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617498
Erster Tag WWV 86 B
Wagner Urtext-Klavierauszüge
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616919
für 4 Kontrabässe
Partitur und Stimmen
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE KONTRABASS VIER UND MEHR KONTRABÄSSE
Score, Parts
Item no.: 614711
10 Stücke für 2 Gitarren
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 614661
Polka schnell nach Motiven der Operette Die Fledermaus JSGA I/23/1
Wiener Institut für Strauss-Forschung
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 649836
op. 7/1
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649715
aus "Children's Corner"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649622
aus "Children's Corner"
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649620
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 663786
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 663456
for: Flute, violin, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 663372
Archive Edition
Walkürenritt
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662914
Urtextausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 662161
set of parts (3/3/2/2/1) timpani
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 613856
Zwölf Stücke aus dem Liederzyklus
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 612122
Musica Rara
for: KLAR HRN FAG VL VA VC KLAV
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 612106
Marsch
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 645468
for: Bassoon [cello], 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 644392
für Flöte (Holzblasinstrument) und Klavier
for: Flute [oboe/oboe d'amore/cor anglais/clarinet/saxophone/bassoon], piano
Score, part
Item no.: 643847
Marsch für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 643573
Ricostruzione di Riccardo Castagnetti
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 620486
Adrian's Song Album Series
for: Violine und Klavier
Score, solo part
Item no.: 620015
op.71
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 619550
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 619218
op.23
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 619118
op. 85
for: Piano
Item no.: 618170
aus den "Kinderszenen"op. 15/7
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Item no.: 580076
aus den "Kinderszenen"op. 15/7
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Item no.: 580055
Military March No. 1
Edition Schott Einzelausgabe
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 580053
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579901
op. 89
for: Flute
Item no.: 553353
"Odi pietosa" - "Höre mit Andacht"
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 553058
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 551805
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