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: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1002580
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 895665
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1003061
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002517
for: SA or tenor
Choir score
Item no.: 1002214
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 837214
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1053336
Choir score
Item no.: 839468
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838387
Choir score
Item no.: 839302
for: Piano
Item no.: 382257
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 384420
Item no.: 432291
Item no.: 362373
for: 2 Flugelhorns, Horn, Trombone and Tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1108759
for: Flute
Single part
Item no.: 129532
for: 2 violins
Single part(n)
Item no.: 287422
CD
Item no.: 275645
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615870
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 286178
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 464999
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 294082
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 182444
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 182147
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428138
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 427932
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 326523
Urtext based on the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 274852
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 213612
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 208423
(Urtext)
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 139124
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332519
Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332513
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 298598
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 156040
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 336817
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 141827
for: Piano
Item no.: 1586147
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 639001
for: Piano
Item no.: 285729
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332669
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332501
for: Chor und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 1626113
Item no.: 1617316
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