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 violins, viola, cello, guitar
Conductor score
Item no.: 610257
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 375732
for: Oboe, Streichinstrumente
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196719
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 360402
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 662163
Overture to Heinrich Joseph von Collin's Tragedy – Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 336228
Klavierkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 375730
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 432664
Volume I: Italian Quartets, Salzburg Divertimenti
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 796417
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 286036
for: Flute, piano [basso continuo]
Item no.: 488932
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129743
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 460644
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425834
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore"
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117052
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116415
(Urtext)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 138668
Ouverture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 203956
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 142077
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193643
for: Instrument solo, Orchester
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 869527
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665412
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 283665
for: Piano
Item no.: 304673
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268763
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305079
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 307771
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305094
Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682471
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 308203
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1204090
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 373035
for: Violin [clarinet (A)], piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 144834
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685086
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817250
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695812
for: Flöten (2), Violine, Oboe, Basso continuo
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz
Item no.: 196208
Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696027
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 418978
for: Violin [flute], cello [bassoon]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3440
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584015
Editions Publimuses
for: Organ
Item no.: 337301
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 211678
for: Oboe, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 109125
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Item no.: 205406
Kammermusik mit Englisch Horn
for: Cor anglais, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 479370
for: FL OB KLAR FAG HRN TRP VC KB
Partitur, Stimmen
Item no.: 612771
for: Melody instrument (C), organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1550