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
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401375
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 330404
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260778
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 601583
High Voice
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564550
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779477
for orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196857
His most beautiful piano pieces in a collection
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 682566
Symphony cantata MWV A 18
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1641236
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 649898
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (2 piano's)
Item no.: 340102
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316206
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201324
Collection Quintette Moragues
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 150163
adapted for Great Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762529
for violin, cello and guitar
for: Violin, cello, guitar
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607504
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388499
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2086
for: Viola, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 272293
for: Flute, cello, piano
Item no.: 359501
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486509
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401147
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 172809
2. Fassung 1877
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409798
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337599
Serie A/10 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344836
Book
Item no.: 173321
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685471
for: 2 pianos
Piano score
Item no.: 378356
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 632648
for: Organ
Item no.: 225260
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Parts (2)
Item no.: 200246
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647748
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796115
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: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613114
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 257310
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3406
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012810
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229011
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 216438
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 208880
for: Violin (solo), viola (solo), string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 290017
for: Piano
Item no.: 609735
for: Cello
Item no.: 360897
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464269
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