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.
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 344230
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 225973
Epistelsonate
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Chamber orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623242
Psalm 112
Dresden version – First Edition
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681063
für 9 Singstimmen und 9 Instrumente bearbeitet. Versch. Kürzungen, Gesamtdauer inkl. Pause 110 Min., originaler Notentext weitgehend erhalten.
for: Children's choir, 9 instruments
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235889
KV 243
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235112
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689544
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772195
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377117
Admonter Messe MH 530
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 695796
Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta Violone
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Single part Violone [Double bass]
Item no.: 670527
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 564918
a-Moll BR-WFB C 14
for: Harpsichord, strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648596
Messa delle Benedicenza in C
Kirchenmusik der Wiener Klassik
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684894
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 581731
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 611216
Oratorium
BR-CPEB D 3 (Wq 240)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596280
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1010208
MH 12, 1758 (cavor)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 695790
MH 12, 1758 (cavor)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single parts Violins 1 and 2
Item no.: 695788
ergänzt und herausgegeben von Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Violine 1
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672052
MH 826
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237759
Requiem
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762116
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371246
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232677
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 1: B.c.
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421974
CW E 5
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234478
Fk 83
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234165
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558424
Kantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235163
for: für Horn und Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 173617
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 366399
for: Cello, strings, harpsichord
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 730715
Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony L'Hymne Européen
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 743666
for: 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello), Klavier ad libitum
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 747345
after the piano sonatas by Johann Christian Bach
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 737658
for: Sopran-Blockflöte und Streicher
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784527
nach Ovids Metamorphosen
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784101
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 757228
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello und Streichorchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 757541
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783928
for: 2 violins, cello
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783899
for: 2 violins, cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 783898
nach Ovids Metamorphosen
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783866
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783786
for: Klarinette (C oder B) und Streicher; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783688
Lambacher
for: Orchestra
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784722
C Major
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784630