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.
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 446854
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143771
"Harmony Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 554479
"Harmony Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 554478
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443818
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797412
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 443823
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 224971
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476462
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 877520
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 872496
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 871077
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 873647
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 657625
Urtext of the Joseph Haydn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695433
Urtext of the Joseph Haydn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695432
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 366397
for: 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, cello/ double bass
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696056
Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 748488
for: Alt-Blockflöte (Flöte, Violine), 2 Violinen (Fideln) und Violoncello (Bass-Fidel)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 744318
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 747352
for: Streichquartett; Kontrabass ad libitum
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 747317
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 733193
for: Alt-Blockflöte (Flöte, Violine), 2 Violinen (Fideln) und Violoncello (Bass-Fidel)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 793569
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 728178
for: 2 violins
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 727930
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 725832
for: Klavier (Cembalo), 2 Violinen und Bass
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784469
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784427
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783927
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783892
Serenade G major
for: 2 violins, viola [violin, 2 violas], cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 783466
E flat Major
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner und Streicher; Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784852
D major
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, Fagott, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784840
for: 2 flutes, strings
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 784777
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784705
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784607
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 755733
after Piano sonatas of Johann Christian Bach
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 760647
for: Cembalo oder Flöte oder Violoncello und Streicher
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 756664
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430673
for: Frauenchor (SSAA), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424298
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797409
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545480
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797406
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493853
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 246151
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 421823