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.
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Orgel, Klavier, Singstimme
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Harmonium
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
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for: String orchestra
Set of parts
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
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op.93a
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1200861
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1200818
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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für Chor und Orchester (Klavierauszug)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1136471
Arr. Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1136467
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 606014
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Mixed Choir A Cappella
Choir score
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Your Favorite Classics
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 869959
A Fantasy Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 871141
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 926256
European Parts
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 928609
Your Favorite Classics
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 878545
for: 8 Violoncelli
Set of parts
Item no.: 965775
Repertoire Explorer
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1344524
Die Sarazenen & Die schöne Aldâ, Op.30 for orchestra
Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 1344520
Repertoire Explorer
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344517
String Quartet in E minor Op. 83 (parts)
Chamber Music
Item no.: 1344504
Opera Explorer
Study score
Item no.: 1344276
3 Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 2 / Scherzo en ut mineur, Op. 3 for pia
Solo Instrument
Item no.: 1344105
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1340697
Siegesgesang der Griechen
for: 4 soloists (TTBB), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344561
Messa Solenne in Do Maggiore per Soli, Coro ed orchestra
Choir/Voice & Orchestra
Item no.: 1344421
Remembrance of the Norwegian Alps for orchestra
Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 1344370
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