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: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116465
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction, Playback-CD
Item no.: 489222
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 284432
for: Clarinet, cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 279785
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684878
Easily manageable and popular organ music pieces from the baroque, classical and romanticism periods
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 483337
Famous melodies of Mozart humourously arranged for two violins
World Music
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656978
for: 2 flutes, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 117500
Later Works
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 150138
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391660
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 413420
for: Bassoon, cello [basso continuo]
Piano score, ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471024
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 550227
for: Piano
Item no.: 166583
for: 2 violas
Ensemble score
Item no.: 125309
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401343
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401295
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337600
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228941
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401238
(Apponyi-Quartets)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401184
(Sun Quartets)
Henle Urtext Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401178
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401427
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401413
Urtext
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298466
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113761
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 331127
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 369722
for: Horn, 2 Flöten, 2 Hörner und Streicher
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 244871
for: 2 violas
Book
Item no.: 163243
for: Violin, viola
Ensemble score
Item no.: 164546
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 165573
Kadenzen von Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Sämtliche Klavierkonzerte (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383053
Heft 1
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1548901
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025074
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 382566
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 378339
for: Flute, harp, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 184382
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555127
Hob. XVI: 7, 9, 4, 8
edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 553384
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 409431
with marked and unmarked string parts
revised edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486507
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 343320
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 379257
two copies needed for performance
Orchestral material from Breitkopf & Härtel
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478994
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 343564
for: Piano
Item no.: 288003
for: Piano
Item no.: 356041