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.
Choral Miscellany 45
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 488215
Azione sacra
Erstausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237396
Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 890016
from Paulus
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 893008
from Carmen
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 870326
LKM Music
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 872141
MusicWorks Grade 3
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 808393
Hal Leonard Solo and Ensemble
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 805662
Ballad for chorus and orchestra
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben, Urtext
for: 4 soloists (ATBarB) [ATB], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685484
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1331552
Curnow Music Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 956264
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 461008
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 367589
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 118973
Lieder ohne Worte
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118925
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 476954
Urtextausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 656564
Duet for Flute and Alto Saxophone (or Clarinet) from The Pirates of Penzance
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Flute, Alto Saxophone
Score
Item no.: 975407
EMB New Liszt Edition I. 'B'
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256729
EMB New Liszt Edition I. 'A'
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256728
EMB New Liszt Edition I. 'B'
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256724
With An Essay On The Execution Of The Trill
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1198886
Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 877242
Hal Leonard Solo and Ensemble
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 806105
As Revealed In His Own Words
Reprint of the B. W. Huebsch, 1905 edition
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 193909
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 906826
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 697500
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1549379
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036806
Study Edition Commented By Alfred Cortot
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 268828
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 465544
Mitropa Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958299
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318283
No. 47
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1590823
Novello Short Biographies
Book
Item no.: 321381
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 636017
4 Klaviersonaten WeV Q-2, 3, 4, 5 - Partitur und Kritischer Bericht
Serie VII: Klaviermusik - Gesamtausgabe
for: Piano
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 640833
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 890037
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 608261
for: Ukulele
Music score
Item no.: 1008011
100 Recreations
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316273
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316217
Piano Method
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316172
Schule
for: Clarinet
Schule
Item no.: 916333
für Männerchor a cappella
mit Klavierstimme zur Probenzwecken
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 263633
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 366274
second to fifth position
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 380379
Dramma in four acts
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242211
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