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.
Walzer
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308447
aus dem Singspiel "Der häusliche Krieg"
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308431
Polka française, gem Chor, Klavier
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308390
Walzer, für gem. Chor, Orchester (Klavier)
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308388
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308378
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 634863
(aus der Symphonie Nr. 5)
for: Harp, strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624097
Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623928
Klaviertrio
Unbekannte Werke der Klassik und Romantik 95
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Single part Violin
Item no.: 622668
Overture to Goethe's “Hermann und Dorothea”
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623574
aus der Operette "Der Wildschütz"
for: Männerchor (TTBB) a cappella und Horn-Quartett oder Klavier
Score
Item no.: 622298
Item no.: 619231
Item no.: 612256
für Orchester Violine 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631619
for: Streichorchester
SONDERSTIMMEN
Item no.: 615025
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 613137
Item no.: 615972
String Symphony MWV N 9
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685838
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 648736
Stiebler Im Takt
for: Percussion
Music score
Item no.: 648026
FCI Facsimile
for: Piano
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 638806
"Die Worte des Glaubens"op. 107
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Solo (Bar) und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351596
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 478447
for: 4 Singstimmen (Blockflöte/Viola da gamba) (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 477194
nach Motiven aus der romantischen Operette "Zigeunerliebe"
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 295430
De los cadetes de la Reina
for: Voice, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 324850
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 293407
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296000
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 295604
Single edition
Item no.: 294562
(Urtext)
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part (Piano solo)
Item no.: 294494
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428098
Nr. 2 Koboldlauneop. 28
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 296465
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 489268
for: Trumpet, piano
Item no.: 208129
for: Cello
Item no.: 207952
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 207897
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 210850
for: Clarinet, violin, viola, cello
Item no.: 210471
Weltmusik Tanzorchester
for: Combo
Item no.: 211837
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 211650
Walzerop. 314
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 224665
Urtext-Edition
for: Clarinet, bassethorn [2 clarinets], orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229323
“From the New World”
Revised new edition of score and orchestral parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229078
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 565555
Oper/Operette
for: Libretto
Lyrics
Item no.: 225096
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 225081
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 223062