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: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 180992
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 140313
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 138864
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 278532
for: Violin, string orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 603349
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Cello
Item no.: 203603
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429626
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429624
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373069
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 124147
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 136116
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645368
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 773247
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773243
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772600
for: Chamber orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768375
for: Coro SATB, 2 Ob, 2 Ctr, Timp, 2 Vl, Bc
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 657332
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 487016
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234487
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234486
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234189
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236411
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772553
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 2 violins, 3 trombones ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234913
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Hörner, Violone, Orgel
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424901
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424076
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424060
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237754
Fragment, completed by Maximilian Stadler
KV 323, 1790 (terminus post quem)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817070
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237817
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 234495
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236884
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236704
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237809
for: Flute, 2 violins, viola, cello
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587004
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 581729
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762117
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693166
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682200
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234152
for: Viola, double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 191027
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 272796
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 620583
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 142807
für Orchester
Violine 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675725
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1556958
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 188745