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.
Second Version (1878) with the 1880 Finale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409801
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 677770
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217918
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401088
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 432030
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 295238
Critical report on all versions by Paul Hawkshaw
in English, includes detailed introduction in German
2 Books
Item no.: 636748
National Edition – Miniature Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684793
Leichte Stücke
Klavierstücke von Fanny Hensel 6
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 195077
Sudien und Übungen
for: Accordion
Score
Item no.: 258093
Complete edition of the shorter sacred music for choir and ensembles
Musique sacrée française
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 425526
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664059
for: 2 cellos
Item no.: 200321
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
with marked and unmarked string parts
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 141769
Dover Full Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 214908
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558187
Oratorio
MWV A 14
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 470975
UMPC Critical Editions – Practical Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
L'Organiste. Pièces pour Orgue ou Harmonium. Nach Autographen und Erstausgabe
Band 5 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 205810
Piano Method
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316206
New Critical Edition
Op. 16 to 22
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025078
Edition Christian Hartmann
for: Cor anglais, harp
Score, solo part
Item no.: 636696
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 143368
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 149253
2-CD Piano Play-Along Pack
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 413423
Musikalische Komödie in fünf Bilder
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128232
für Flöte und Gitarre
for: Flute, guitar
Item no.: 130588
Universal Querflöten Edition
Herausgegeben nach der Urfassung
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113526
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 100972
Chorwerke mit Orgelbegleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 359630
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, 2 pianos
Piano reduction, 3 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 603978
Sieben europäische Salonstücke für Flöte und Klavier
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 673596
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389149
für Frauenchor (SA) und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Score
Item no.: 302955
Versions 1913 and 1931
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679499
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401302
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172289
Boosey Masterworks
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 373489
Full Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 244415
Heft 1: Duos für Anfänger in geordneter Reihenfolge bis zum Daumenaufsatz
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 217811
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 362802
Reprinted in the authoritative C. F. Peters edition published in Leipzig, ca. 1910
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 150285
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 158582
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401198
Easy Piano Pieces
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401099
"The" piano concerto in Urtext – In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289871
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