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 (medium), organ
Item no.: 311641
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 312548
für 2 Oboen
for: 2 oboes
Ensemble score
Item no.: 344869
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422069
for: Viola, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 372799
for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164304
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025072
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019056
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 767231
"Le Midi"
With 2 violino and 1 violoncello concertato
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 883494
for: Clarinet [violin], cello, piano
Item no.: 382077
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 124189
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116471
Score
Item no.: 339371
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Horn (E-flat), violin, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 331415
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392390
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 378392
for: Violinen (2), Streicher (1. Violine, 2. Violine, Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Cembalo)
Set of parts
Item no.: 485181
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 475703
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 433995
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196708
Orchestral version of 1785
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196669
for 7 piano concertos of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727174
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 732099
Edition Schott
for: Flöte, Violine, Violoncello und Cembalo (Klavier)
Music score
Item no.: 747322
"London No. 11"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 737494
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 735785
op. 9
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 735647
Oratorium Hob. XXI:2,
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 605234
Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann
for: Klavier (Orgel)
Music score
Item no.: 1548845
from the opera "The Magic Flute"
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Music score
Item no.: 759162
from: Tosca
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759660
"Pastorale"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 753243
Edition Schott
for: 2 Alt-Blockflöten (Violinen) und Basso continuo; Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 754245
for: Voices, flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210463
for: Organ, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3963
for: 2 violins, cello [string orchestra]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3596
for: 2 flutes [violins], guitar
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5449
for: Voice, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4190
for: 5 voices
Score
Item no.: 5882
for: 2 violins, cello [bass instrument]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3154
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1538
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2869
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 2657
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337288
für Kontrabass und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 273181
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696694
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377405