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: Viola, chamber orchestra
Horn 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1113891
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 337942
Oboe 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552514
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 613150
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158515
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 561094
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 603653
for: 2 trumpets, strings, organ, timpani
Trumpets, timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1024903
for: Soli (SS), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Vn, Orgel)
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424275
Hirtenkantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 363696
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228559
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189100
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 177854
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236695
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236693
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Clarino (trumpet) 2
Item no.: 236691
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236652
Pastorella
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552485
Cello [bassoon] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 206767
Danket dem Herrn
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 631142
Danket dem Herrn
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631141
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 126874
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 348812
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377444
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377443
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 377146
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608016
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385750
for: Cello, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1346563
Kantate zum Sonntag Oculi HoWV II.57
for: 3 soloists (STB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772210
'Creation Mass'
Urtext of the Joseph-Haydn Complete Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 132349
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 311682
Früh- und Spätfassung (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 365448
BR-JEB F 12
F-Dur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1654501
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1018729
for: Bass recorder
Single part(n)
Item no.: 456203
for: Treble recorder
Single part(n)
Item no.: 455999
for: Cembalo oder Flöte oder Violoncello und Streicher
Single part Viola
Item no.: 727090
Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 743741
for: Viola, Streicher, 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner in C
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784873
E flat Major
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner und Streicher; Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784851
früher Georg Benda zugeschrieben
for: Viola und Streicher mit Cembalo; 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 784817
for: 2 flutes, strings
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784781
for: 2 flutes, strings
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784779
Lambacher
for: Orchestra
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784723
for: String quartet [string orchestra]
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 784653
after Piano sonatas of Johann Christian Bach
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 752186
op. 18/4
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 757063