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.
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Richard Wagner – Sämtliche Werke 8/I
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 107162
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 106899
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 106878
(Fassung Honolka)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 106867
Große heroisch-dramatische Oper in 3 Akten (6 Bildern)
Nachdruck 1996
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 106866
Nr. 3: Im Feld ein Mädchenop. 50
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 106748
Nr. 2: Sehnsuchtop. 50
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 106745
Urtextausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185795
für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 185700
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 185263
for: Solo voice (high), double bass, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 214805
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 214494
für 8-stimmigen gemischten Chor und Bläser
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), wind ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 213135
I 17 / 2
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 207330
für Orchester
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 207286
Ricordi Critical Editions
2 Bände
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 206915
L'Organiste. Pièces pour Orgue ou Harmonium. Nach Autographen und Erstausgabe
Band 5 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 205810
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 209146
Musica Rara
for: Flute [clarinet], piano
Item no.: 208420
Six Beethoven Classics for Piano and Six Jazz Piano Interpretation
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 208262
op. 98
for: für Orchester
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 207996
Friedrich Kiel: Klavierwerke Heft 3
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 207946
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 207945
aus "Karneval der Tiere"
for: Cello, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207717
for: 2 Horns and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166930
for: 2 Clarinets and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166715
for: 2 Bassoons and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166522
for: 2 Clarinets and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166415
for: String Quartet and Clarinet
Book
Item no.: 166387
for: 2 Clarinets and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166344
for Piano Duet
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 165966
für Männerchor und Orchester
"O welche Lust, in freier Luft" - 1. Aufzug, Nr. 10
Berühmte Opernchöre
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 170548
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 169855
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 169667
from Werther
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Score
Item no.: 169636
for: Voice (low), piano
Book
Item no.: 169629
for: Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169625
for: Soprano or Tenor Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 169624
for: Voice (low), piano
Book
Item no.: 169607
für Horn und Orchester
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 168973
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 168596
Overture to the Music to Shakespeare's Comedy
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 167729
for: 2 Horns and Piano
Book
Item no.: 167401
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167188
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167186
Einführung und Kommentar
Opern der Welt
3 Books
Item no.: 165557
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 165359
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 165296
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