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.
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 378785
for: Piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 268426
Piano reduction
Item no.: 261632
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 246802
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 242414
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 382909
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 382651
Klavierwerke in 5 Bänden - Band 5 (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382573
for: Piano
Item no.: 191310
for: Piano
Item no.: 190245
for: Piano
Item no.: 190237
for: Piano
Item no.: 190230
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 190227
for: Piano
Item no.: 189173
for: Piano
Item no.: 187877
für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor, Bläser, Pauken, Orgel und Kontrabass ad lib.
mit Anhang: Das Gebet des Herrn (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: GCH BL PK ORG (+ KB)
Score
Item no.: 183166
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 278457
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 278455
for: Piano
Item no.: 278437
for: Piano
Item no.: 278433
A Kalmus Classic Edition
for: 2 violins
Parts (2)
Item no.: 278416
for: 2 violins
Item no.: 278415
Bearbeitung für Klavier zu 2 Händen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 215547
für Klavier zu 4 Händen
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 383258
Piano score
Item no.: 383035
Vier Stücke für Pianoforte und Violoncello
Erstausgabe
for: Cello, piano
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 365353
Duett für Sopran und Tenor mit Orchester
for: 2 voices (ST), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 379387
für Klavier zu 4 Händen
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 382336
aus "Children's Corner" - für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382240
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382191
bearbeitet für Klavier vierhändig
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 382185
für 4-stimmigen Männerchor mit Begleitung von 4 Posaunen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 380700
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 384969
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 378531
für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 378507
2. Bearbeitung, 1891
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 378472
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 378379
Komische Oper in vier Akten
nach „Der Dreispitz“ von Pedro Antonio de Alarcon
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 378322
Ausgabe für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 379982
frei bearbeitet für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 381507
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score, solo part
Item no.: 174467
Op. 15 N°1 Et N° 2, Op. 64 N°1
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 617866
arranged for Flute and Piano
Music for Flute
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 190456
Concerti e Sinfonie (1780-1840)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 773681
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 986257
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 833385