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.
a cappella
Partitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1592443
L?Ultimo Pensiero Di Weber Op. 35
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1215289
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1194888
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 1019538
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 964639
for: Saxophone Ensemble
Item no.: 1617294
Score A4
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949449
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1163132
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1015828
for: Bass trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1139447
From Nabucco Verdi's Oper Act 3, Va, pensiero - Flex-6 version, without chorus
for: Flexible Ensemble and Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090156
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1118794
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1145368
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 866117
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1148466
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145473
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1213526
Klassik
Choir score
Item no.: 839108
Per Flauto O Violino e Chitarra
for: Flute, guitar
Score
Item no.: 833164
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1178318
Geistliche Musik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 866050
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1096139
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105191
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1060326
for: Opera
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1197235
Klassik
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Book
Item no.: 1005340
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540624
Critical Edition P. Kaiser
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1542486
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1178007
Ouverture / Ouvertüre / Overture
for: Concert band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1557371
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 862391
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 921791
"Frühling kommt angezogen" - Idylle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 782552
Famous Compositions/Early Intermediate Level
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 933420
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1141149
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1584531
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1211513
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Voice (soprano)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917138
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1119536
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 893667
Intermezzo & Barcarolle
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1026679
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 411043
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829001
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Item no.: 1619911
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949457
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002460
for: Piano
Item no.: 1618706
Arranged for String Quartet or String Orchestra
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 876687