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: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 188195
for: 2 flutes, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 117500
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 382566
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 379257
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116415
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 198152
for: Horn, 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 282465
Ouverture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 203956
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401427
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401238
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 418978
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113761
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129743
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 360402
for: Bassoon, cello [basso continuo]
Piano score, ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471024
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268763
(Sun Quartets)
Henle Urtext Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401178
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
Heft 1
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1548901
Edition Schott
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 746650
Edition Schott
for: Cello, strings, harpsichord
Piano reduction
Item no.: 741295
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337282
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
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 375732
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684878
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3838
for: Violin [flute], cello [bassoon]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3440
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
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228941
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584015
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 211678
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 369722
for: Melody instrument (C), organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1550
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, guitar
Conductor score
Item no.: 610257
Movements by Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 741329
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 460644
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 409431
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425834
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401343
(Apponyi-Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401184
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685086
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