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.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 457132
Kritische Gesamtausgabe Band XIV, Teilband 1 herausgegeben von der Internationalen Gustav-Mahler-gesellschaft, Wien (Gesamtausgabe, kritischer Bericht) (Complete edition, Critical Report)
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 314795
Lyric book
Item no.: 193505
for: Zither (German tuning)
Music score
Item no.: 193306
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 192868
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 189455
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 128209
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 128197
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 645624
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 563361
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 447093
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 361458
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 300682
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 261022
for: Voice (medium), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 166690
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score, CD
Item no.: 1714421
for: Brass ensemble (11 parts), latin percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 1681421
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 614418
Individual Songs 1921-1928
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 559775
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 340758
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 340757
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 388765
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258397
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257631
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 417587
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 300607
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 466388
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 802559
for: Mandolin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1008164
for: Concert band
Item no.: 365833
"Heil'ge Nacht o gieße du" – Fassung C-Dur
nach dem 2. Satz der Klaviersonate op. 57 (Appassionata)
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 685089
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204054
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593968
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607553
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 483963
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 647758
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401367
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 395209
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316419
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 816702
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 129048
for: Soprano [Duet], Piano Accompaniment
Piano reduction
Item no.: 267672
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 604822
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102236
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102223
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 277335
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