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.
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 362523
score and parts
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 376895
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 131740
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 131475
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 332883
Single edition
Item no.: 133590
pour trombone et orgue
for: Trombone, organ
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 334977
for: Organ
Item no.: 365631
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 483889
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 610193
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 303728
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 203312
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 203305
Studio Edition
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Item no.: 333629
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 615230
12 opera choruses for choir and piano.
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 610850
Audio-CD
Item no.: 649663
10 berühmte Titel
Klavier-Begleitheft für alle Instrumente zur Serie Masters of Music: Johann Strauss jun.
for: Piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 307533
aus der Klassik und der Romantik
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562644
aus Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671683
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 375173
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 374870
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237087
for: Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 341475
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 341263
Gesamtausgabe 42 (Complete edition)
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 475498
op. 56
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin, viola, cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 603536
für 2 Saxophone (S/A) und Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 576974
for: GES (7-16)
Item no.: 174341
Saemtliche Werke 16 (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 156938
für Flöte und Orchester
for: Flute, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 497436
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 410815
13.12.1884 - 3.1.1893
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 237697
Azione sacra
Erstausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237395
from Sonatina in G minor No. 3 op. 137 for violin and piano
RUNDEL La Musica dei Maestri
for: 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560212
Version for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1551491
Sunday
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124432
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963700
for: Trumpet, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1563037
Study score
Item no.: 409729
Suite 3
Œuvres Choisies pour Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 495250
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 206513
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 986685
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 987144
for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780937
Band 1
for: SCHLAGINSTRUMENTE PAUKE
Item no.: 643578
for: BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE POSAUNE POSAUNE SOLO
Item no.: 492176
45 weltliche Werke für Frauen-, Männer- und gemischten Chor
for: Choir
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1031365
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