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.
Klassik
for: Klarinettenensemble
Book
Item no.: 993713
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344680
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 984471
Salve Regina
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038742
from a Midsummer Night's Dream
for: Brass Ensemble and Percussion
Partitur, Leihmaterial
Item no.: 1208674
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912767
Reprint
The Phillip Brookes Collection
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344932
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 949974
für Blasorchester Partitur und Stimmen
for: Concert band
Item no.: 644245
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1093375
from "Coppélia"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132116
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654948
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Horn Duet
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910597
Overture To The Opera
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019811
Easy Favorite Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972519
for: Violin, Viola, Cello and String Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1593909
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1138043
Oper/Operette
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1098881
for: 2 Baritones and 2 Tubas
Buch
Item no.: 916089
Walzer op. 316
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667755
Violon Solo, Piano et Orchestre a Cordes
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1072424
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1161457
Grundlagenbibliothek zur Musikwissenschaft
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 660470
from the Oratorio Mors et Vita
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198325
Lied aus den Gedichten von Friedrich Rückert
original für 2 Singstimmen und Klavier
for: 2 flutes, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1161506
for: 2 flutes, harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1553011
for: SATB and Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041708
Solo Singstimme (Tenor) / Posaune / Baritonhorn ad libitum
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 668542
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1593659
Waltz from the ballet Sleeping Beauty
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677298
Für Solo-Sopran, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1659134
Book
Item no.: 998660
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194383
for: String Orchestra and opt.Violin or Viola and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1162250
für großes Blechensemble, Pauken, Schlagwerk und 2 Harfen
for: Brass ensemble, timpani, percussion, 2 harps
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1018126
Die Musizierstunde 14
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559918
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158519
from Mass in F
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126259
for: SATB, Strings and Organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1635276
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 971812
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972469
for string quartet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662417
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1140274
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344784
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345287
Ich rühme mir mein Dörfchen hier
for: Male choir, guitar
Choir score
Item no.: 761169
Klavierauszug (dt)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1343856
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 986916