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: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265341
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582645
with marked and unmarked string parts
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401516
9 Volumes in a Slipcase
for: Symphonic orchestra
9 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695842
for: Chamber ensemble
13 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695300
Edition Schott
for: Oboe (Flöte, Violine) und Basso continuo (Cembalo, Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 747343
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193055
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 282584
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129268
Second Version with two Clarinets
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116466
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 155799
for: Violin, horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 133706
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2034
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404303
Nach Autographen und Erstausgaben
Band 1 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 125028
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 151813
for: Voice (soprano), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 4034
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675547
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 583134
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 181486
The Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr, in its traditional form
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674935
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 164614
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 555412
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116798
for: für Klavier zu 4 Händen
Item no.: 112816
for: 2 flutes [flute, violin], cello (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 278023
for: Viola, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1191
for: Clarinet, piano
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 655463
with marked and unmarked string part
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561236
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116456
for Double Bass Solo
for: Double bass
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 464268
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401429
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401304
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117451
Score
Item no.: 1108096
"Prague Symphony"
Urtext of the New Mozart Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116504
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116478
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205427
for: Alphorn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271645
"The Surprise"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280725
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 359706
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 464367
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196723
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 457271
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696706
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, 2 pianos
Piano reduction, 3 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 603978
"Jupiter Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116448
for Cello and Orchestra
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 433749