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: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732059
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1001317
from 'Carmen'
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 1197132
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962092
Women's Part
for: Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1119584
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163111
from Enigma Variations
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732061
Tragedia lirica in due atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 696714
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163696
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962308
per violino solo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 796748
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982810
Cantata
piano cantata
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 694310
National Edition
for: Orchestra and Piano
Study score
Item no.: 1539225
for: 2 flutes, piano
Buch + Einzelstimme(n)
Item no.: 1593408
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962124
in the First Positions for Cello
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1587188
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775749
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1103368
Deutsch/Englische Ausgabe des Liedes "Sei nicht bös'" aus der Operette 'Der Obersteiger'/ "The Miller's Daughter"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 643235
for: Men's Choir [TTBB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982765
Reprint Edition
for: Violin, guitar
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552352
Music for Clarinet
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 971785
Correspondence recieved 1896-1904
Book
Item no.: 767839
Anthem
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6439
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101569
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1101196
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105383
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964760
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982814
Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548951
Enoch Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962265
Band 1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772273
Hector Berlioz. New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE) 12
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 875409
Em
for: Piano, Voice, Medium Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1613100
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 982909
for high voice and piano
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 632858
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 300645
20 Chorbearbeitungen berühmter Themen großer Komponisten
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Chor aktiv Band 18
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 494728
Oratorio
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 550957
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318325
No. 45
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 322966
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318285
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318279
Vocal Score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318167
Opera in three acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318164
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317691
Piano Method
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316242
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