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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 645226
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321617
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315275
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 205407
from La Forza del Destino
TTBB choir set and Soprano solo
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Choir score, Solo part
Item no.: 668520
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 955995
for: Mandolin orchestra
Score
Item no.: 604765
für Oboe (Klarinette), Klarinette (Englischhorn) und Fagott
for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665274
(Urtext)
for: GCH (SAATBB) (+ KLAV)
Choir score
Item no.: 428055
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 369464
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 311708
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957899
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 796709
für Violine (1. Lage) und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 175397
No. 4 A flat Major
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 748978
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1703729
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 242206
for: Violin
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 134569
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 188065
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 153800
from: The Tales of Hoffmann
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723206
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188557
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488304
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1716092
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 660552
for: Guitar
Item no.: 492058
Lyric book
Item no.: 283375
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 306706
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307836
for: Piano
Item no.: 283494
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 260990
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 292551
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 268780
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 207247
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207184
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 166193
for: Flöte Oboe Klarinette in A, Horn, Fagott, / HBL QUINTETT
Score, Parts
Item no.: 157847
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 304574
for: Piano
Item no.: 282736
(complete)
for: 2 violins, cello
Item no.: 460710
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 358151
for: Piano
Item no.: 266169
for: STR GLO
Score
Item no.: 207201
for: 2 violins, cello
Score
Item no.: 191878
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305240
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304916
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 313753
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 308029
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