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.: 260770
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318153
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 681625
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 315393
European Choral Music of the 19th Century
for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 669167
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 664238
for: Cello
Music score, CD
Item no.: 884191
for: Voice (low), piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 388994
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 696499
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 185508
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669454
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226383
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1011307
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 401595
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 131641
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 299268
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 255015
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 666900
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 444682
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 622584
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260605
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 642248
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 326733
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 971633
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 293194
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803719
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 5654
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 337555
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316979
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 576412
for: Classical guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 225067
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 283372
Band 5: Fortsetzung und Schluss von Band 2
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 101533
Symphony-Cantata
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229353
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284556
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 665816
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318181
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 214566
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 602404
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 470216
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 393560
for: Tuba
Music lesson book
Item no.: 444055
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 663674
An unfinished Oratorio
Erde, Hölle und Himmel (MWV A 26)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318553
Gm
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026111
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027241
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 464738
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music score, CD
Item no.: 632786
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