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.
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664057
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401382
Leicht darstellbare Ein-, Auszugs-, und Zugabestücke aus Barock, Klassik und Romantik
for: Organ (manuals, ped. ad lib)
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 676161
Premier livre
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582668
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661684
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 359702
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401359
für Violine und Klavier
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 636364
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401460
op. 36
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 613316
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360396
Based on the Sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 637573
réduction pour 2 piano's de A. Laussel
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 283745
for: Guitar
Item no.: 113068
for Tuba (or Bass Trombone)
for: Tuba [bass trombone]
Music score
Item no.: 101289
1-3, D 384, 385, 408
Urtext der Neuen Schubert-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116944
Klassik
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279698
für Sopran, Klarinette und Klavier
aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 670677
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 576999
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617092
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401407
authentic alternative flute part (instead of violin) available separately as HN 1297
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776879
Based on the Sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635023
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404329
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 190253
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117453
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781354
Maders kleine Musikbibliothek
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551037
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817246
for: Organ
Item no.: 157405
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 498712
Score
Item no.: 430029
A Selection
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582646
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360097
Leichte Stücke
Klavierstücke von Fanny Hensel 6
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 195077
Complete edition of the shorter sacred music for choir and ensembles
Musique sacrée française
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 425526
for Piano and Clarinet
Version for Violoncello
with marked and unmarked string parts
Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401401
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344072
Oratorio
MWV A 14
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 470975
with marked and unmarked string parts
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 141769
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664059
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361012
revidierte Ausgabe
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401529
Henle Urtext
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 281181
for: Piano
Book
Item no.: 224861
for Violoncello and Pianoforte
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679977
New practical editions of 14 of Clara Schumann’s greatest songs
includes a CD of piano accompaniment
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 684082
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 443587