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.
Erstausgabe bei Carus
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424866
KV 197 (186e)
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234893
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234834
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234832
op. 14 Nr. 6/1
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 2 violins, basso continuo, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234507
Hirtenkantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 363696
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228559
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189100
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 177854
Divertimento 3
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236410
Missa pro defunctis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235426
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236695
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236693
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Clarino (trumpet) 2
Item no.: 236691
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236686
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236652
Pastorella
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552485
Cello [bassoon] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 206767
Danket dem Herrn
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 631142
Danket dem Herrn
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631141
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 126874
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 348812
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377444
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377443
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 377146
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608016
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385750
for: Cello, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1346563
Sinfonia und Kantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234175
Kantate zum Sonntag Oculi HoWV II.57
for: 3 soloists (STB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772210
Lieder nach Klaviersonaten Beethovens
instrumentale Klassiker in modernem Gewand
for: Children's choir (S/SA) [mixed choir (SAM)], piano; instruments ad lib.
Single part Bass instrument
Item no.: 693208
KV 243
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235109
'Creation Mass'
Urtext of the Joseph-Haydn Complete Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 132349
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 311682
A-Dur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645367
Früh- und Spätfassung (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 365448
BR-JEB F 12
F-Dur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1654501
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1018729
ergänzt und herausgegeben von Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Violine 2
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 671999
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 564916
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555575
a-Moll BR-WFB C 14
for: Harpsichord, strings
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644521
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 2: Va.
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421977
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 2: Vl. 2
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421976
Marienantiphon
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234985
Marienantiphon
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234983
BR JCFB C 28
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234231
Fk 83
Einzelstimme Va.
for: 4 soloists (SATBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234164