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 choir (TTBB) and piano
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano [guitar, keyboard]
Score
Item no.: 2317
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1151515
Freuet euch, heute ist Christus geboren - Offertorium Nr.76 in Festo Nativitate
Einzelabgabe ohne Chorpartituren nur mit Antikopier-Stempel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 662949
O holy Night
for: 4 clarinets (B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1631987
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 223473
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 479977
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1589671
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045611
Einzelabgabe nur mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 278599
für Schulorchester
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 272350
aus "Zwei Motetten" op. 74
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1668876
Musizierstunde~Blaesermusik In Kleinen Gruppen 139
for: BLECH / HBL QUARTETT
Item no.: 161729
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659873
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
für flexibles Ensemble (Stimmen als PDF zum Ausdrucken auf DVD)
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Solo part(s), DVD
Item no.: 662404
aus "Weihnachtslieder", op. 8, Nr. 2a
for: Voice, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4468
Jubelgesang für die Heilige Christnacht
Partitur
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB/SAB), Orchester, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 326468
"Christkindlmesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 776110
Partitur und sieben Einzelstimmen
Sonderausgabe für Freunde des C-Melody-Saxophons
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 647110
for: 5 Saxophone (SATTB/AATTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 469497
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 609276
for: Voice (soprano), violin, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 639065
aus: Sechs Marianische Hymnen
for: 2 voices (SA), organ
Score
Item no.: 361119
Acs Edition
for: Voice, organ
Score
Item no.: 456352
for: Saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 490094
Version for choir of equal voices and chamber ensemble
for: Women's choir (1 part), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687452
Blockflöten A 4 Nr. 1
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696968
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813204
S 49
Partitur
for: Solo T, Chor SSA, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 422992
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 373487
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 246287
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 1688191
O du Fröhliche für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 377095
aus: Die Geburt Christi
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338531
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338507
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 486973
Item no.: 609872
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202627
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel oder für Orgel allein
Nach dem Urtext herausgegeben und mit einer Orgelbegleitung versehen von Albert Kupp
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 336058
Die autographen Fassungen und die zeitgenössischen Überlieferungen
Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg 4
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 246475
known as "Messa per la notte di natale" / first edition
for: 3 soloists (TBarB), mixed choir (SATTB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 765232
Musica Sacra
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare/Brass Band
Score
Item no.: 879642
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589044
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSAATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1653186
for: SOLI GCH 2 OB 2 TRP-C PK 2 VL VA VC ORG (+ 2 FAG)
Score
Item no.: 181544
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802991
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203521
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587995
aus: Sechs zweistimmige Hymnen
for: 2 voices, organ
Score
Item no.: 296179