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: Voice (bass), viola, strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557989
for: Violin, string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557924
for: Harp, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355251
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355243
Offertorium de venerabili
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355190
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608791
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558024
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355394
Kantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235163
for: 2 recorders, chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355212
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354939
for: für Horn und Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 173617
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 180472
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384172
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 384162
for: Voice (soprano), string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557745
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421265
for: 2 lyras [2 treble recorders/treble recorder, oboe], 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello/double bass
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645858
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143774
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143772
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 143770
Urtext of the Joseph Haydn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695435
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 878838
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 434041
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 343457
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 176138
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797415
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 366399
for: 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, cello/ double bass
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696055
for: Oboe, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 692069
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432515
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 379078
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 377948
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171263
for: Cello, strings, harpsichord
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 730715
Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony L'Hymne Européen
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 743666
for: 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello), Klavier ad libitum
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 747345
after the piano sonatas by Johann Christian Bach
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 737658
for: Sopran-Blockflöte und Streicher
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784527
nach Ovids Metamorphosen
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784101
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 757228
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello und Streichorchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 757541
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783928
for: 2 violins, cello
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783899
for: 2 violins, cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 783898
nach Ovids Metamorphosen
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783866
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783786
for: Klarinette (C oder B) und Streicher; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783688