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: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 753813
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) und Klavier
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Item no.: 1209114
op. 33/5
for: Piano
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Item no.: 744587
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 760610
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
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Item no.: 753814
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) und Klavier
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Item no.: 1209116
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 747685
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 725807
Str. 1: aus den Psalmen 55, 108,25; Str. 2: Klaus Heizmann
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 755730
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 732948
aus dem Oratorium "Elias", op. 70 (aus den Psalmen 55, 108 und 25)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733614
Str. 1: aus den Psalmen 55, 108,25; Str. 2: Klaus Heizmann)
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
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Item no.: 743645
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 722973
Psalm 121,1-3
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
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Item no.: 725849
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
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Item no.: 761222
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209072
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) a cappella
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Item no.: 747697
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725806
"Zwei sind der Wege"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 736217
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730716
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 759320
aus der "Deutschen Messe" D 872
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
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Item no.: 731001
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 730711
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 725826
for: 1–2 descant recorders
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Item no.: 733495
Em
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1612349
for: Chor SSAM
Score
Item no.: 1340480
op. 14, Nr. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3866
op. 68, No. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 5763
aus: Zwölf deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 35
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 2669
aus „Sieben Lieder für gemischten Chor“
op. 62, Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2700
Canzona napolitana
for: Voice (high), piano; mixed choir ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 1355
op. 1, Nr. 2
for mixed voices and organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 3814
Kanon für drei Bassstimmen
D. 54
for: Male choir (BBB) [3 solo voices]
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Item no.: 3385
aus: 6 Canzoni per 4 voci alla Capella, 1808
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 6711
(„Still, ihr Winde“)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 5658
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4039
Es wollt' die Jungfrau früh aufsteh'n
aus "Romanzen für Frauenstimmen", op. 91 (Nr. 7)
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 4507
Zum Christfest
op. 9 Nr. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3996
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4431
aus "Sechs geistliche Lieder nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1463
S. 44
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4277
Volkslied, WoO 33, Nr. 46
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1340
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4341