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: Flute, viola, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 301559
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174726
for: Clarinet [violin], cello, piano
Item no.: 382077
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 170823
"Prague Symphony"
Urtext of the New Mozart Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 144130
for: Clarinet (a), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 116508
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116471
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 378392
for Cello (and optional 2nd Cello)
for: 1–2 cellos
Music score, single part
Item no.: 682080
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 307745
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 304720
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 215926
(Drumroll)
London Symphony
Studien-Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776827
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696694
for: Viola, double bass [double bass, piano]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 695973
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 770861
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377405
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 431306
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 475703
for: 3 guitars
Score, part
Item no.: 586569
for: Oboe, horn, piano (trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 612772
Zweite Fassung mit Klarinetten (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 196625
for: Harfe (Violine)
Item no.: 549540
completed and edited by Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 665327
(Urtext)
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 482949
for: Piano
Item no.: 621024
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 656576
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 446132
(Urtext)
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 337680
for: Violin, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 623273
for: Flute, violin, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413490
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 179672
for: Viola
Item no.: 360218
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337288
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116481
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116479
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 779168
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 312548
KV 427 (417a)
Klavierauszug (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116531
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos [cello, double bass] (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 443936
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401218
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401158
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401130
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401083
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 401438
two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229267
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160713
(Kreutzer-Sonata)
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160706