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 Voice and Guitar, Op. 18
for: Voice, guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 1692288
dedicated to the very beginners
for: 2 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681520
for Two Cellos
for: 2 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1672531
Song for Voice, Piano, and Obbligato Cello
for: Voice, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689595
for Cello and Piano
for: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690967
dedicated to the very beginners
for: 2 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681521
original for Cembalo [Fortepiano] and Orchestra
for: 2 pianos
Score, part
Item no.: 1672532
for Voice, Cello, and Piano
for: Voice, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681630
Song for Voice and Piano
for: Voice, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1689596
for Two Cellos
for: 2 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1672530
G
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665748
F
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665646
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666406
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666339
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666279
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666234
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666143
Ab
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666037
F
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665829
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665768
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665764
Orchesterarrangement von Reimund Merkens
for: Orchestra
Conductor score, Single parts
Item no.: 1690940
für Violine und Orgel
for: Melody instrument (C), organ
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 1666647
für dreistimmigen Chor (SAM) neu gesetzt
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1660320
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665953
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666394
Am
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666336
Dm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666316
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666123
Em
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666087
Bm
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666004
E
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665763
bearbeitet für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella von Rudi Spring (1995)
op. 58f
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658498
for Cello, accompanied by a second Cello
for: 2 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1669375
for: 2 oboes, oboe d'amore, cor anglais
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668387
for: 2 oboes, oboe d'amore, cor anglais
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1667740
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666080
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666073
Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666251
Bm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666022
F
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665650
Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666105
für Chor und Orchester
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1664984
for: Oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon
Score, 4 Single part
Item no.: 1678413
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666209
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666179
Bm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666099
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666068