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.
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score
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Oversized, spiral-bound score
Daehn Publications
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Score (spiral binding)
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Klassik
Choir score
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for: Strumenti Di Banda
Score
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Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Viola, piano
Score
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Der Gang Zum Liebchen
for: Chor und Klavier
Choir score
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1, 2 and 4
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Schule
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Viola
Music score
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John Thompson's Students Series/Later Intermediate Level
for: Piano
Single edition
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 852764
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Chamber ensemble
Buch
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Klassik
for: Choir
Score
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for: Concert band
Conductors part
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Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Voice (soprano)
Einzelstimme
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D. 53
for: Bassoon Trio
Score, Parts
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Scene and Cavatina
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
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Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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arrangiert für Kammerensemble von Michael Rot (2016)
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Klassik
for: Accordion
Music score
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Repertoire Explorer
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
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In honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis de Perpetuo Succursu
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SATB)], organ
Choir score
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Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
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for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Series: BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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H.T. Fitzsimons Co
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
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BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
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for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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for: Organ
Music score
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