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: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317476
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316304
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1193475
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 487051
Operette in 3 Akten | Kritische Gesamtausgabe herausgegeben von Michael Rot
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Textbuch/Libretto Fassungen A/B/C
Item no.: 1641937
Ballett in 3 Akten | Kritische Gesamtausgabe herausgegeben von Michael Rot
Textbuch/Libretto Fassungen A
Item no.: 1641935
Item no.: 377547
for: Cello, harp
Single part Cello
Item no.: 656492
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 796876
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1592942
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 781440
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1541360
for: Piano, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1193982
Komische Oper in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
Lyric book
Item no.: 1641960
Opéra-bouffe en 3 actes | Reprintausgabe
Lyric book
Item no.: 1641958
Operette in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
Lyric book
Item no.: 1641945
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201089
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1736645
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 993261
Operette in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
for: Gesang und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1650936
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215491
for: Violin, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690382
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689222
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 302880
"From the New World"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693653
for: Mixed choir (12 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1555442
for: Mixed choir (12 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1555440
for: Choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1560533
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1355326
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1650784
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647186
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1664471
Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 777061
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1661183
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647662
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1648233
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1648136
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1648098
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1649160
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1648817
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1200522
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1043228
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1200401
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1200016
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
4 single parts
Item no.: 1199784
for: 2 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1627460
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 1625097
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646573
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