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: Oboe, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784702
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784646
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784645
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, guitar
Single part Guitar (solo)
Item no.: 638452
for: 2 violins, double bass [cello] (trio)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1545557
for: 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1545028
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 487019
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611466
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578469
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 576349
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 330078
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243143
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 276819
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370596
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 369785
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364407
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 349196
for: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558022
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1556959
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1557823
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 625507
for: HRN-D 2
Single part
Item no.: 189312
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 182552
Antiphon
Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 363872
Chiemsee-Messe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 clarinos (C), timpani, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377133
for: Frauenchor (SSAA), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424295
Passions-Oratorium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424063
Graduale
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423962
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Hörner, Violone, Orgel
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424903
MH 39
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237790
Offertorium de venerabili sacramento
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 2 violins, 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234911
KV 33
Einzelstimme Org.
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 234868
KV 33
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234866
KV 33
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234864
op. 14 Nr. 6/1
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 2 violins, basso continuo, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234506
CW B Inc 5
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234490
Flute 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370405
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 142805
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 166905
'Sanft wie du lebtest'
Beethoven vocal – Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, cello
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 683553
Psalm 100
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643801
for: Flute
Single part(n)
Item no.: 587007
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 586505
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 581728
Divertimento 7
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236422
Divertimento 2
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236406
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 135127
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 265517