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: Viola
Item no.: 360218
for: 3 guitars
Score, part
Item no.: 586569
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 157265
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401218
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401158
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401083
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318154
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 316520
Pieces from the 16th to the 18th Century
New Edition in one volume
for: Treble recorder
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 351620
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 273565
With two rondo versions and voices for horn in F and D
Urtext
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 145872
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 670231
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 431306
for: Harfe (Violine)
Item no.: 549540
(Urtext)
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 482949
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 131957
Arrangement of the Piano Trio in A Major (Hob. XV: 18)
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 255234
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174726
27 Originals for Solo Piano
Selections from the Complete Edition (easy)
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 207035
for: 2 Violas and Piano
Book
Item no.: 163088
for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164304
for violin and piano
IMC 3201 is part of this edition
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 161906
for: 2 Sopran-Blockflöten (Violinen)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 354150
for: Viola, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 372799
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 241358
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 301559
for: Voice (medium), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 106574
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696694
for: Alto flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 446132
Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann
for: Klavier (Orgel)
Music score
Item no.: 1548845
(Kreutzer-Sonata)
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160706
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116481
for: Piano
3 music scores, CD
Item no.: 554178
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116479
for: 3 treble recorders, basso continuo
Item no.: 200470
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 475703
for: Piano
Item no.: 621024
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 433995
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 667297
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234930
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 466892
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 378392
for: Organ, melody instrument
Organ score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 615233
for: 2 VL VA VC CEMB
Score
Item no.: 605236
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 160713
for: Klavier und Horn (Violoncello)
Item no.: 139882
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 166412