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: Piano
Item no.: 288003
for: Piano
Item no.: 356041
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401295
(Apponyi-Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401184
(Sun Quartets)
Henle Urtext Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401178
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 432664
for: Oboe, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 109125
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817250
for: Clarinet, cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 279785
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction, Playback-CD
Item no.: 489222
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025074
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695812
from the Concerto in A major
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582651
for: Violin [flute], cello [bassoon]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3440
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 198152
Heft 1
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1548901
Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696027
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 373035
Ouverture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 203956
for: Violin [clarinet (A)], piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 144834
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 142077
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 418978
for: Flöten (2), Violine, Oboe, Basso continuo
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz
Item no.: 196208
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 375732
for: 2 flutes, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 117500
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116465
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
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 284432
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193643
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685086
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665412
for: Oboe, Streichinstrumente
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196719
Kadenzen von Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Sämtliche Klavierkonzerte (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383053
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 409431
Sonaten Wq 71-74, BWV 1036, Violinsonaten nach den Trios Wq 143-147
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, harpsichord
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 622534
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 620672
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 379257
for: Flute, harp, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184382
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617098
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584015
two copies needed for performance
Orchestral material from Breitkopf & Härtel
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478994
Famous melodies of Mozart humourously arranged for two violins
World Music
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656978
for: Piano
Item no.: 166583
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 308203
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1204090
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 382566
for: 2 guitars
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 617954
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