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
Music score
Item no.: 755752
Orchestral Suite No. 1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759640
Arie
for: Voice (bass), piano
Music score
Item no.: 760448
from: Album for the Young op. 68 (No. 35)
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 760637
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 760988
op. 63/5
for: Voice (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 760994
Walzer für Orchester - 2. Auflage
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 793630
for 2 violins, viola and violoncello
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 794040
für flexibles Ensemble, fünf Melodie-Instrumente.
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661871
Trinklied aus 'La Traviata' für variable Besetzungen
(leicht bis mittelschwer)
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671917
The Best Pieces
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722784
from: The Magic Flute
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723193
"In einem Bächlein helle"
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 723620
op. 3/1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723838
op. 49
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724029
op. 26
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724620
No. 6 from "Dix Pièces Mignonnes"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724725
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724752
for: Flöte und Klavier, Basso ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 725161
sur les Folies d´Espagne, op. 45
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 725188
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726136
Andantino espressivo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726432
arranged for organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 687195
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779785
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779805
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779807
Musik im Trio 13
for: Treble recorder, violin, cello
Score, set of parts (strings)
Item no.: 777379
for: Violin, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 782402
Schott Archive
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 782480
"Keltic"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 784347
Saint-Saëns, Camille. Œuvres instrumentales complètes IV/3
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776384
op. 3/1
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 750383
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750433
Book 3, No.13
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 626856
SATB a capella
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919673
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 753212
"Wer in die Fremde will wandern"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 754027
op. 46/7
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 754050
(aus: Deux esquisses)
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 758421
60 Exercises
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758562
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 749270
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Sopran, Tenor, Alt, Bass, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 749271
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749297
32 Easy guitar pieces for beginners
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749376
Danse orientale aus "Piezas caracteristicas"
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749459
Walzer für Orchester - 2. Auflage
for: Orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 781835
op. 19/1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 747380
on Mendelssohn's Wedding March
for: Violin
Single edition
Item no.: 747461
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