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: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401420
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464269
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401432
Opera in three acts
Critical new edition with the recitatives later composed by Ernest Guiraud
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 103711
Für eine Singstimme und Klavier
Hugo Wolf Kritische Gesamtausgabe
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 227646
Hugo Wolf Kritische Gesamtausgabe
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 212229
for Violoncello and Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 421857
for: Voice, strings
Score
Item no.: 665865
Critical commentary
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 655283
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 408880
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 275336
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 494275
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163300
Klassik
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 325813
Woodwind Solo
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 395364
für Posaune
for: Trombone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 392923
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666933
for: Horn
Music lesson book
Item no.: 393009
from Opus 16
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 360163
National Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 576120
mit Vorbemerkung des Komponisten zur Erstausgabe der Sonaten op. 65
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 359615
Märchenoper in drei Bildern – Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353999
Symphony cantata
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279250
String Solo
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 154880
Wiegenlied - Lullaby
The 4 crners collection
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 766043
Vol Vi [Pour Flute a Bec Alto ou Flute Traversiere]
for: Alto Recorder or Flute
Buch
Item no.: 1073583
UELZENER KUHLAU-EDITION 62
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1161307
Arie aus dem „Stabat mater“, Nr. 2
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1161570
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 776063
für zwei Gitarren
for: 2 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679860
Précédée D'Un Andante Spianatoop. 22
for: Piano
Item no.: 1611155
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696048
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 770773
(sur Beatrice di Tenda de Bellini)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778493
Final Version 1906
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 781350
to the First Movement of the Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven
for: Violin solo, 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), timpani
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 778355
Concert Etudes for one or two flutes
for: 1–2 flutes
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1582019
3 Preludes and Fugues Op. 37, 6 Sonatas Op. 65
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 211177
Neue Spieltechniken spielerisch lernen
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 210981
"Gott! Auf Dein Wort erscheinen wir"
Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg 1
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 horns, organ
Score, CD
Item no.: 291882
aus der Sonate Nr. 1 "Pontificale"
FESTLICHE MUSIK ZUR HOCHZEIT 12
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 291402
aus der Bühnenmusik zu Kuolema
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 292317
Heft 1: Sonaten 13-15
E-Dur, G-Dur, A-Dur
for: Violin, guitar
Item no.: 216883
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 549336
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 222649
(complete, Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 577775
JSW – Complete Works – Series I (Orchestral works) 3
edited by the National Library of Finland and the Sibelius Society of Finland
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 303948
für Streichquartett
Erstdruck
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 304720
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