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.
aus: Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor, op. 55 (Nr. 3)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4311
aus: Marienlieder für gemischten Chor
op. 22, Nr. 5
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3132
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4441
op. 41 Nr. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3822
Kanon für drei Frauenstimmen
op. 113 Nr. 4
for: Women's choir (SSA) [3 solo voices] a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3589
Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4045
aus: "Der erste Frühlingstag", op. 48 (Nr. 4)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5529
Volkslied, WoO 33, Nr. 48
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1342
from "A Collection of New Glees"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4650
aus "Romanzen und Balladen für gemischten Chor", op. 146 (Nr. 3)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4596
aus "Vier Lieder des Gedächtnisses", op. 24 (Nr. 3)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1142
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4047
aus: Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 35
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5269
(Psalm 80,2)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4029
Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4781
aus: "Vier Tantum ergo" (1. Fassung 1846)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 3055
Jerusalem, op. 13 Nr. 3
(nach dem Menuett II aus der Partita Nr. 1 von J. S. Bach)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3973
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1465
op. 48, Nr. 5
eingerichtet für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3280
aus: "Three Christmas Carols"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4740
op. 41, Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2510
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4215
op. 41, Nr. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3434
nach einem Chanson von Jacob Arcadelt
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1195
Volkslied, WoO 33, Nr. 44
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1338
für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBarBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3935
Irische Volksmelodie
op. 60, Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4622
Volkslied
Chor der Brautjungfern aus der Oper Der Freischütz
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 2203
Psalm 121,1-3
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755728
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 759316
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753815
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743502
1. "Tabak ist mein Leben"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 733430
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725824
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 741135
Text: Ps. 55,23; 108,5; 25,3 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730067
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725858
"Ave, Marry"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730717
Engel-Terzett aus dem "Elias"; Text: Psalm 121 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753401
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
Music score
Item no.: 730712
Psalm 121,1-3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725801
for: 1–2 descant recorders
Music score
Item no.: 742839
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 761237
Str. 1: aus den Psalmen 55, 108, 25; Str. 2: Klaus Heizmann
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725809
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 741154
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738752
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753811
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209084
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