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: Mandolin orchestra
Score
Item no.: 695482
for: Cor anglais, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 641903
Score
Item no.: 1108098
für Gitarre solo
for: Guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 194933
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 226080
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Score
Item no.: 584889
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240010
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240009
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 299752
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 192264
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 491175
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 314517
for: Flute, piano [basso continuo]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207584
from Op. 1, Op. 2, Op. 5
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 743943
6 Sonatas
for: Violoncello (Fagott) und Basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 748848
for Viola and Orchestra
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 748764
Edition Schott
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 746650
Edition Schott
for: Cello, strings, harpsichord
Piano reduction
Item no.: 741295
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430790
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3838
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1562
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4811
for: Accordion
Sheet music
Item no.: 1116
Movements by Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 741329
for: Flexible ensemble (5 parts), piano (school orchestra)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692195
for: Voice; piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 693510
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 289336
for: Singstimme (S), Klavier / Orgel
Piano reduction
Item no.: 487685
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 225946
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo, [Posaunen (3)]
Score
Item no.: 1337212
for: Soli SSA, Chor SSA, Violinen (2), Basso continuo, [Hörner (2)]
Score
Item no.: 1337128
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337282
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 188195
for: Cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622569
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 428184
for: Horn, 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 282465
for: Organ [harpsichord/ piano] four hand
Ensemble score
Item no.: 160973
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 763442
for: Soprane solo (3), Tenor solo, Bässe solo (2), Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Englischhorn (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Pauke, Harfe, Streicher, Basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 296608
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 418879
from the Concerto in A major
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582651
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 316323
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316987
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 620672
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617098
for: 2 guitars
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 617954
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, guitar
Conductor score
Item no.: 610257
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 375732