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: Salon orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 311673
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 300952
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 299423
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 298327
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 293716
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 244085
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1316890
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 602010
for: Salon orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 201166
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 201155
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 194366
for: Salon orchestra
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043239
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 160584
for: Mandolinen-Quartett bzw. Mandolinen-Orchester
Single part bass
Item no.: 1545734
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557101
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1160931
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645053
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238125
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237493
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235349
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238107
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238096
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238090
for: Viola
Single part Viola
Item no.: 237590
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237315
Chorale cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235773
for: Soli (STBarB)), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Flöten, 2 Englisch-Horn, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 4 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen, Pauken, Harfe, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Orgel)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 423947
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779172
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), harp, organ; violin, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano ad lib.
Single part Harp
Item no.: 676802
Part 2 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235681
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424743
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235490
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232240
for: Viola
Single part Viola
Item no.: 361586
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1747354
Liebesgruß
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 757162
Liebesgruß
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 757158
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238137
for: Solo (S), Frauenchor (SSAA), Violine, Klavier, Orgel, Harfe / Klavier
Single part
Item no.: 423023
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235483
for: Concert band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1355479
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Bass trombone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1317007
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 610340
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 604768
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 604761
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579561
Le Moulin de la forét noire
Diatonisches Bassinstrument
for: Accordion orchestra
Bass instrument in C (orchestral part)
Item no.: 219099
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium 1, 2
Item no.: 245752
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