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.
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 622704
String Solo
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 299268
A Practical Performing Edition
Alfred Masterwork Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 190248
UMPC Critical Editions – Practical Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
adapted for Great Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762529
for: Viola, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 272293
for: Flute, cello, piano
Item no.: 359501
for Clarinet and Orchestra
Arrangement for Clarinet and Piano
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 433880
Vocal Collection
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 375750
6 Volumes in a Slipcase
for: Piano
6 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561232
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486509
with marked and unmarked string parts
revised edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486507
su motivi de La Traviata di G. Verdi
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388499
Hans von Bülow gewidmet, Ausgabe für 2 Klaviere
for: 2 pianos
Piano score
Item no.: 378356
'Auch das Schöne muss sterben'
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 350903
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 343320
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337599
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647748
Complete Works VII
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 105778
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796115
Hense Quartett
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 151161
7 variations on the duet "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from the Opera "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 248021
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 150828
Opera in three acts
Critical new edition with the recitatives later composed by Ernest Guiraud
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 103711
Edited after sketches, autographs and the First Edition
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182150
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 162092
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163190
Sämtliche Orgelwerke 4
Nach Autografen und Erstausgaben
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 164707
Schule
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 257310
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602669
Selected from the Vocalises of Marco Bordogni
Nos. 1-60
for: Trombone
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 587065
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401432
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401420
Leineneinband
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401330
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 364090
für Violoncello
for: Cello
Item no.: 360897
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 404436
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464269
Urtext Edition, clothbound
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1640747
for: Piano, clarinet [violin], viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 561259
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 492991
Ausgabe für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379175
Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401096
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 359732
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283778
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 635980
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Score
Item no.: 117238
op. 113
for: Cello
Item no.: 287480
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