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: Solo voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318137
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
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Critical Commentary for BA 9030, TP 930, BA 9033 and TP 933
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 692982
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197615
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018356
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 489920
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389027
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 374733
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 203049
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 417813
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401067
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 268899
New practical editions of 14 of Clara Schumann’s greatest songs
includes a CD of piano accompaniment
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 684082
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 245931
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975627
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1636212
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 962355
op. 89
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1557187
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018364
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 765
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345292
European choral music of the 19th century
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 669171
for: Violin
Buch + CD
Item no.: 477338
from Holberg Suite
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759070
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 235861
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 649886
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 443587
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 388444
for piano solo
Separate Edition from the New Liszt Complete Critical Edition
for: Piano
Item no.: 184916
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256606
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235743
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 562315
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316200
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318161
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697259
English version by P. Catty
Book (reprint)
Item no.: 140556
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781480
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 285354
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 444129
New edition with supplementary exercises
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 382325
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 117787
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674555
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 395134
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 629867
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360112
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 260960
for: 1–3 cellos
2 Scores for playing, Playback-CD
Item no.: 664668
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 617050
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 499329
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