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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 873832
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 883568
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 883232
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 882860
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 882020
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 881923
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 881596
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 881574
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 865915
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 865531
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 865004
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 863955
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 863617
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 862959
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 880226
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 879406
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 879024
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 878390
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 878070
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 877695
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 877181
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 618936
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 464059
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 394183
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 851644
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 851386
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 851355
for: Oboe and other instruments
Score
Item no.: 204228
for: Violin
Score
Item no.: 821911
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 821777
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 820931
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 644119
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 852099
for: Mixed Choir and Piano
Score
Item no.: 852028
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 851918
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 851757
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 412609
for: Vocal and Chamber Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 821526
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 821318
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 817053
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1213560
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1213554
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1213535
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1213519
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1212883
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212770
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1212556
for: Soprano or Tenor Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 141060
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