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: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4070
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3815
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
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Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
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for: Flute
Item no.: 393411
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2841
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2692
for: 2 trumpets (C), organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1631843
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat), piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2267
Nº 4, from: Dix Pièces pour Orgue ou Harmonium
Paris, 1899
for: Organ [harmonium]
Sheet music
Item no.: 6480
for: Women's choir (SA) [children's choir], organ [piano]
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6151
for: Accordion
Sheet music
Item no.: 1116
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1076
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357415
for: 2 voices (SS), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3664
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3651
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 3426
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 202008
Suite 4
Œuvres Choisies pour Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 374548
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488365
Overture to Heinrich Joseph von Collin's Tragedy – Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 336228
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 114068
for: Organ
Item no.: 401347
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 492919
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 682280
The Late Sonatas
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745297
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1541582
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391495
for: Piano
Item no.: 356464
with marked and unmarked string parts
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609180
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 375750
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464272
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 262628
Edited from the autographs and the first edition
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 214569
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155693
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555127
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 144346
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 185840
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 179801
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669452
for: Orchestra and Mixed Voices
Score
Item no.: 190889
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 185787
Sämtliche Lieder 2
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 368901
for: Piano, Violin and Cello
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 277801
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 321280
for: Organ
Single edition
Item no.: 395235
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 139885
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 327091
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