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: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555127
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228941
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430790
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 428184
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 188195
for: Flöten (2), Violine, Oboe, Basso continuo
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz
Item no.: 196208
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316987
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 307771
for: Piano
Item no.: 356041
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1562
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240010
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240009
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 369722
(Urtext)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 138668
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113761
for: Piano
Item no.: 288003
Klavierkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 375730
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425834
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 198152
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 763442
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 413420
for: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622569
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684878
(Apponyi-Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401184
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 225946
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025074
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817250
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 460644
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 343564
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401427
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: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 379257
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193643
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391660
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337600
with marked and unmarked string parts
revised edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486507
for: Oboe, Streichinstrumente
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196719
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401238
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 418978
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665412
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 662163
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 343320
for: Piano
Item no.: 166583
Volume I: Italian Quartets, Salzburg Divertimenti
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 796417
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584015
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116415
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685086