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: 2 soloists (SS), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682932
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689982
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499118
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693645
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 745221
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611363
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611362
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611262
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611260
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611256
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610920
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596335
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1595946
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1581952
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1566563
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656526
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645765
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 563817
for: für Orchester Viola
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1135281
for: für Orchester Violine 2
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1134986
for: für Orchester Violine 1
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1134907
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 1135414
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1135155
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1134849
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1135574
for: für Orchester Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 1135542
for: für Bariton (Bass) und Orchester Violine 1
Single part
Item no.: 1135471
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1135354
for: für Chor SATB, Orgel und Streicher und Orgel Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1135203
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1135202
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1135117
for: für Tenor und Orchester Viola
Single part
Item no.: 1135094
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 745243
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 556497
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 421823
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 421803
for: Violin, piano
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421423
for: CEMB SOLO
Single part
Item no.: 421286
Single part
Item no.: 421263
Single part
Item no.: 421262
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421259
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421254
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421226
Single part
Item no.: 421222
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
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 206342
D major
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, Fagott, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784840