Few artistic movements have changed people’s perception of the world as much as classicism. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself all the wonderful music of the classical period.
In music, the Classical Period saw a departure from complex, contrapuntal polyphony, to the beginnings of a simpler homophonic structure, to melody and accompaniment. Polyphony however was not forgotten; all the major composers continued to use polyphony from time to time, and some of the most exciting classical movements use the modern fugue. A good example is Mozart’s Requiem, or Beethoven’s Great Fugue String Quartet Op.133.
The most important music form which came from the classical period is undoubtedly Sonata Form. Sonata Form is an elaborate structure that represents the ultimate pursuit of perfection in music. Sonata Form became the basis of all important musical works of the time: Concertos, Symphonies, Sonatas, and String Quartets. Through the progressive works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Opera developed out of the The Baroque Period, into the diverse classical form, with Opera Buffa and Opera Seria, serious or comic opera, championed by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Through the Classical Period, the piano overtook the harpsichord, and quickly became one of the most popular solo instruments, and certainly the most important accompaniment instrument. The orchestra grew, and new instruments such as the clarinet and contrabasson were added, and many other instruments developed, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, and became more virtuosic due to the new modern valve systems. Towards the end of the 18th century, however, many baroque instruments, like the harpsichord, which had been firm favourites of the The Baroque Period, were becoming more and more redundant.
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305094
Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682471
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 307771
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305079
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore"
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117052
for: Melody instrument (C), organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1550
Hob. XVI: 7, 9, 4, 8
edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 553384
for: Singstimme (S), Klavier / Orgel
Piano reduction
Item no.: 487685
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116415
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 211678
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316987
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 460644
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 225946
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 413420
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo, [Posaunen (3)]
Score
Item no.: 1337212
for: Soli SSA, Chor SSA, Violinen (2), Basso continuo, [Hörner (2)]
Score
Item no.: 1337128
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584015
Kadenzen von Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Sämtliche Klavierkonzerte (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383053
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337282
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 373035
Easily manageable and popular organ music pieces from the baroque, classical and romanticism periods
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 483337
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 432664
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193643
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 286036
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113761
for: 2 violas
Ensemble score
Item no.: 125309
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 188195
for: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622569
(Apponyi-Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401184
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617098
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 428184
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685086
for: Horn, 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 282465
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 283665
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 409431
Famous melodies of Mozart humourously arranged for two violins
World Music
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656978
for: Piano
Item no.: 304673
for: Flute, piano [basso continuo]
Item no.: 488932
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 316323
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401238
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228941
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401413
(Sun Quartets)
Henle Urtext Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401178
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 343564
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268763
two copies needed for performance
Orchestral material from Breitkopf & Härtel
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478994
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401427
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 198152