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
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171263
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 343457
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493855
for: Youth string orchestra
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 374286
for: Youth string orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 330082
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215414
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215413
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 143007
for: Oboe, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 692069
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 265633
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384172
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 384162
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797415
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 434041
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 665797
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025070
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797408
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143774
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143772
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143770
Urtext of the Joseph Haydn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695435
for: 2 lyras [2 treble recorders/treble recorder, oboe], 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello/double bass
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645858
for: 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, cello/ double bass
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696055
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362708
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 141268
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355394
for: Harp, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355251
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355243
for: 2 recorders, chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355190
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354939
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558024
for: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558022
for: Voice (bass), viola, strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557989
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1557823
for: Voice (soprano), string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557745
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1566927
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1566564
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1566561
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656527
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 492130
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611365
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611355
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1031765
for: Orchestra, harpsichord
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645188
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 609103
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 561083
for: KB (Violoncello)
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 455967