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.
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 470979
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 584584
for: 2 violins, basso continuo, organ
Score
Item no.: 397385
Score
Item no.: 615242
for: 2 FL 2 VL VA BC
Score
Item no.: 615236
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Score
Item no.: 190779
for: Cello
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 554979
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1200899
for: Clarinet (A)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 554997
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 188354
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 330887
for: FL HRN
Set of parts
Item no.: 291542
for: Flute, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 170315
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 564911
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 200260
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 400988
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 418096
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 739690
(Theme)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723364
op. 58/3
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 760727
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736230
Edition Schott
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 735660
Edition Schott
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 754616
Edition Schott
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749503
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.: 5792
for: Violin, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3938
Nicolai-Messe Hob. XXII:6
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279288
Vier Kontrabässe
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Item no.: 188444
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1169
for: 2 violins [flute, violin], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4649
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 206517
Edition Schott
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 729711
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1240
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 135983
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 153909
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 614812
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 322221
from: Requiem
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 750985
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045783
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 863038
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book
Item no.: 416696
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649639
for: 2 violins [descant recorders/oboes/clarinets]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1373
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4860
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316456
for Violoncello and Piano (2nd Violoncello)
for: Cello, piano [2 cellos]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 664663
Henle Urtext Editions
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 657136
for Solo Voices, Choir and Orchestra
Mozarts Fragment completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr
New edition based on original sources
KV 626 / SmWV 105
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 432925
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