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: 12 Charakterstücke op. 156 (Nr. 3)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4005
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2223
Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198323
Etüde D-Dur
for: Classical guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1978
op. 72, Nr. 3–5
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3355
from: Forty Favorite Scotch Airs, adapted for a Violin, German Flute or Violoncello
London, 1789
for: Violin [flute, cello], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5813
aus: Fünfzig Etüden für den Anfang, op. 101 (Nr. 27)
for: 1–2 cellos
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4652
for Marimba
for: Marimba
Music score
Item no.: 678869
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1664585
aus Volks-Kinderlieder, WoO 31
for: Voice, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3950
Brahms Opus 40
for: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1549835
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3167
Flute et Guitare
for: Flute, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1073690
Oper/Operette
for: SSSAAB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906846
Barcarola
for: 2 classical guitars
Music score
Item no.: 776243
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4544
Polka–Mazurka op. 330
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632402
aus "Trois Études"
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1115
arranged by the composer from Piano Quintet
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Study score
Item no.: 749123
Item no.: 1669095
op. 29, Nr. 3 (B. 59/3)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2842
op. 52, Nr. 8
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4651
aus dem Zyklus "Aus eiserner Zeit"
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 622843
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 694204
Serenata
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 793726
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 775598
'Spring'
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Violin, piano
Solo part, 2 CD's, online audio
Item no.: 780494
op. 74
für Klarinette und Orchester
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2005
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 915522
O Colombina, aus der Oper „Pagliacci“
bearbeitet für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2275
Marsch für Orchester - 2. Auflage
for: Orchestra
Partitur und Kritischer Bericht Fassungen A/BC
Item no.: 738783
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1668204
for guitar and violin
for: Violin, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662630
from the quartet clarinets A-major, op. 7
Bläser-Express
for: 3 clarinets (B-flat), bass clarinet (B-flat) (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1582180
for: SATB, Organ, and optional String Quartet
Choir score
Item no.: 919750
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104962
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 4550
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1098266
für Orchester
Partitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1343723
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1645124
aus: 6 Canzoni per 4 voci alla Capella, 1808
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6710
Ensemble Ad Libitum 53
Item no.: 1664213
aus: Marienlieder für gemischten Chor
op. 22, Nr. 4
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3173
aus: Liederkreis, op. 1 (Nr. 7)
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6332
aus "La Damnation de Faust", op. 24
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2687
Buch
Item no.: 1658624
Salbung und Taufe „So ward es uns verhießen“
Ausklang „Höchsten Heiles Wunder“
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), organ, timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 685706
La Cabane Sur Des Pattes De Poule, La Grande Porte De Kiev
for: Wind Ensemble and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1073021
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