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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 307745
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 304720
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 215926
(Drumroll)
London Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776827
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696694
for: Viola, double bass [double bass, piano]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 695973
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 770861
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377405
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 475703
for: 3 guitars
Score, part
Item no.: 586569
for: Oboe, horn, piano (trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 612772
Zweite Fassung mit Klarinetten (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 196625
for: Harfe (Violine)
Item no.: 549540
completed and edited by Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 665327
(Urtext)
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 482949
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 656576
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 446132
for: Violin, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 623273
for: Flute, violin, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413490
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 179672
for: Viola
Item no.: 360218
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337288
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116481
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 312548
for: Piano
Item no.: 621024
for: Viola da gamba
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 635489
(Moonlight)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613304
Oratorium Hob. XXI:2,
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 605234
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613312
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 401438
two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229267
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160713
(Kreutzer-Sonata)
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160706
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 157265
With two rondo versions and voices for horn in F and D
Urtext
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 145872
for: Klavier und Horn (Violoncello)
Item no.: 139882
KV 427 (417a)
Klavierauszug (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116531
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos [cello, double bass] (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 443936
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 767231
Lobkowitz-Quartette und letztes Quartett (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts (4)
Item no.: 131975
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 408329
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401218
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 124189
for: für Flöte und Klavier
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 367892
for: für Orchester Harmoniestimmen
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 300435
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Item no.: 354152
for: 2 Sopran-Blockflöten (Violinen)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 354150
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392108