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.
Buch
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for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 584205
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Organ manuals [harmonium]
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for: Piano 4 hands
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Fuer Die Elektronische Orgel 47
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 579507
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 579029
Clarinet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 204068
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
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for: TBFL (VA)
Item no.: 195390
Book
Item no.: 195311
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 262016
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 265498
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 551860
Berliner musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten 9
for: Piano
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 241319
for: Violin
Item no.: 247191
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1639173
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 277341
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455797
Oper in zwei Akten op. 72b
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 293819
for: Big band
Item no.: 278046
for: Concert band
Item no.: 277838
for: Viola
Item no.: 278358
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278340
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 276691
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557365
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 347976
Item no.: 609493
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 607223
for: FL VL VA VC (+ KB)
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 607099
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 607715
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 606239
for: Organ
Item no.: 605696
for: String orchestra
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 608614
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 601634
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 601343
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 137269
for: 3 clarinets (trio)
Item no.: 335153
for: Organ
Item no.: 387328
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151547
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151448
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151428
for: Organ
Item no.: 144437
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 152714
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
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Flexiband
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 121051
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