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: Harpsichord [piano], chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355232
for: Harpsichord [piano], chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355230
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355229
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355223
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1355177
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355128
for: Oboe [clarinet], bassoon, chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354987
for: 2 clarinets, chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354983
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354938
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351883
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1558148
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557896
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1557803
for: Cello, chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355277
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 873647
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 363439
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 349887
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025067
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 665794
for: HRN SOLO
Single part
Item no.: 168488
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 657625
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545480
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 194388
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 246151
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367929
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 446854
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 274996
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 872496
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 871077
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.: 797409
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797406
"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: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476462
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 443823
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443818
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143771
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797412
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 877520
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493853
Heft 4: Werke von Haydn (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: String orchestra (school orchestra); winds, piano ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 190387
for: Orchestra, harpsichord
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643688
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 384171
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384160
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 331318
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696141
for two violas, two cellos and basso continuo
first print
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: 2 violas, 2 cellos, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682091
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