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: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1716189
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1635998
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630258
for: Bass Trombone & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630130
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630079
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1630076
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 583644
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 665271
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1629949
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1629944
for: Cornet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1629861
for: Brass Ensemble (10 Players)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1629858
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601780
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601773
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601745
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601735
for: Piano
Item no.: 418388
for piano
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401353
Arabisch-spanisches Zigeunerlied aus dem 18. Jahrhundert
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 720689
for: KLAV (+ TEXT)
Item no.: 486806
for: 2 cellos
Performance scores
Item no.: 191156
for: Baritone saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1716801
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1716797
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1716790
for violin and concert band
for: Violin, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 680750
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 796659
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 866874
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471142
Volume 3
Studien-Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291612
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 206431
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182063
for: Cor anglais, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379400
for: Piano
Item no.: 401419
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 360044
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 4713
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695617
for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695600
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695587
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695552
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695548
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695397
for: 5 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695392
for: 5 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695384
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695372
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695287
for: 5 tubas
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695285
for: 5 trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695275
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1695251
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