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
Score
Item no.: 309486
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358854
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358815
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 358643
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 425989
for: Orchestra
Klavierdirektion und Stimmen
Item no.: 298404
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1636345
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1541442
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 447010
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 280625
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 1586164
for: für Orchester
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 469700
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
Item no.: 186677
for: Bandoneon
Item no.: 102164
for: Akkordeon-Solo, Handharmonika-Solo, Akkordeon-Orchester:I, II, III,IV, basso, Handharmonika-Orchester: I, II, III,IV, Baß (F-B), Schlagzeug, Pauken
Item no.: 102064
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 744880
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 329433
for: Guitar
Item no.: 445610
for: Voice (high), piano
(Kopie)
Item no.: 200220
for: Guitar
Item no.: 200133
for: Violin, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 100695
for: GES-M KLAV ORCH
Item no.: 100451
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102505
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102476
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676603
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 641445
Tragic Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 565462
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 178980
Fragment aus Goethes "Harzreise im Winter" (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 157483
Suite in the Olden Style
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: String orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 775626
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1355332
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 489199
for: 5 Holzbläser
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1661379
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1649409
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1649229
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1649128
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1643113
Lyric book
Item no.: 1714130
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1646984
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1665565
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 745491
for: String orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1200533
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1647701
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 202338
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Tenor/Bass
Item no.: 202323
for: Small wind band
Single part(n)
Item no.: 201734
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 201538
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