Few artistic movements have changed people’s perception of the world as much as classicism. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself all the wonderful music of the classical period.
In music, the Classical Period saw a departure from complex, contrapuntal polyphony, to the beginnings of a simpler homophonic structure, to melody and accompaniment. Polyphony however was not forgotten; all the major composers continued to use polyphony from time to time, and some of the most exciting classical movements use the modern fugue. A good example is Mozart’s Requiem, or Beethoven’s Great Fugue String Quartet Op.133.
The most important music form which came from the classical period is undoubtedly Sonata Form. Sonata Form is an elaborate structure that represents the ultimate pursuit of perfection in music. Sonata Form became the basis of all important musical works of the time: Concertos, Symphonies, Sonatas, and String Quartets. Through the progressive works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Opera developed out of the The Baroque Period, into the diverse classical form, with Opera Buffa and Opera Seria, serious or comic opera, championed by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Through the Classical Period, the piano overtook the harpsichord, and quickly became one of the most popular solo instruments, and certainly the most important accompaniment instrument. The orchestra grew, and new instruments such as the clarinet and contrabasson were added, and many other instruments developed, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, and became more virtuosic due to the new modern valve systems. Towards the end of the 18th century, however, many baroque instruments, like the harpsichord, which had been firm favourites of the The Baroque Period, were becoming more and more redundant.
Later Works
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 150138
from the Concerto in A major
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582651
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 550227
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 299752
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore"
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117052
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 360402
for: Melody instrument (C), organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1550
for: Violin [flute], cello [bassoon]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3440
for: Instrument solo, Orchester
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 869527
for: Soprane solo (3), Tenor solo, Bässe solo (2), Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Englischhorn (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Pauke, Harfe, Streicher, Basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 296608
Easily manageable and popular organ music pieces from the baroque, classical and romanticism periods
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 483337
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 382566
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116415
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685086
two copies needed for performance
Orchestral material from Breitkopf & Härtel
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478994
Volume I: Italian Quartets, Salzburg Divertimenti
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 796417
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665412
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 662163
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 343320
for: Piano
Item no.: 166583
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584015
Famous melodies of Mozart humourously arranged for two violins
World Music
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656978
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401343
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 373035
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 409431
for: 2 flutes, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 117500
Hob. XVI: 7, 9, 4, 8
edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 553384
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401427
for: Piano
Item no.: 288003
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391660
for: Oboe, Streichinstrumente
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196719
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401238
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 418978
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025074
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817250
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 460644
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401413
(Sun Quartets)
Henle Urtext Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401178
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 379257
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430790
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401295
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337600
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 620672
for: 2 guitars
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 617954
for: Bassoon, cello [basso continuo]
Piano score, ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471024
for: Flute, piano [basso continuo]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207584
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 314517
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 289336
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