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
Single edition
Item no.: 356555
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 268780
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 207247
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207184
Scherzo
for violin and piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 629099
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with French and Spanish Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617498
for: Piano
Item no.: 1356828
Arie der Violetta aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1565
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 768676
for: SATB, Orchestra or Piano
Einzelstimme
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Meditiation über das C-Dur-Präludium aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von Joh. Seb. Bach.
for: Flute, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633301
for: Piano
Item no.: 618170
for: Flute, violin, cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 200863
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 429304
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649715
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237356
in progressive difficulty
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 795960
Hymn of Praise
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 755966
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401344
Book
Item no.: 207862
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1582062
(Complete edition)
for: Organ
Item no.: 237688
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101205
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Organ
Book, CD
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: SATTBB a Cappella
Choir score
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for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 400724
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Buch
Item no.: 878949
for: Unison Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
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for: Trombone
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice (low), piano
Book
Item no.: 316253
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316184
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