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.
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650217
Overture
for: Salon orchestra
Einzelstimme Violoncello [Salonorchester]
Item no.: 757111
Amstel Concert Band
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208875
for: Violin
Score
Item no.: 851225
Oper/Operette
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 997274
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1331424
for: 2 pianos
Book
Item no.: 1007912
for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 993390
Quintett für Blechbläser
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 241567
Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
Item no.: 1204689
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1006018
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 770490
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 886916
"Es wollt die Jungfrau früh aufstehn" (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746826
from the Oratorio Elias
for: Tenor and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198212
1. Mailied "Dudeldumdei, nun haben wir Mai!"
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 747096
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202367
Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043985
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1043634
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791564
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1198103
1. Im Sommer "Wie Feld und Au so blinkend im Tau!"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733353
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1006338
Musica Rara
for: Clarinet, piano
Klavierauszug, Solostimme, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1639634
Operette in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
Lyric book
Item no.: 1641956
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1649408
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1649030
aus der Oper "Hoffmanns Erzählungen"
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1535089
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695820
Nach Handschriften und persönlicher Überlieferung hrsg. von Clara Schumann, neu durchgesehen von Wilhelm Kempff
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640389
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1043986
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1043988
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 883675
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1346133
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105620
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105622
for: Vocal, Flute and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1006692
Walzer "Der letzte Sonnenschein"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 782631
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1006676
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 819566
Sinfonia Series
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 956159
for: Bass Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1178045
Opéra-comique en 3 actes | Reprintausgabe
Lyric book
Item no.: 1641959
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197781
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105621
from the Opera Il Trovatore
for: Choir and Symphonic Band
Score
Item no.: 1198620
Four pieces arranged from the Romantic piano literature
for: Gitarrenduo
Book
Item no.: 1117809
"Nicht unserm Namen, Herr"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668421
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