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.
Overture to Heinrich Joseph von Collin's Tragedy – Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 336228
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 283665
(Urtext)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 138668
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 360402
Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 682471
Klavierkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 375730
for: Flute, piano [basso continuo]
Item no.: 488932
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129743
for: Piano
Item no.: 304673
for: Clarinet (a), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268763
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305094
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305079
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 307771
Hob. XVI: 7, 9, 4, 8
edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 553384
for: Violin, viola
Ensemble score
Item no.: 164546
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 331127
for: Horn, 2 Flöten, 2 Hörner und Streicher
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 244871
for: Bassoon, cello [basso continuo]
Piano score, ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471024
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 343320
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 369722
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 555127
for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401427
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401343
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401238
Urtext
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298466
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 228941
for: 2 violas
Book
Item no.: 163243
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 165573
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 550227
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425834
from "Vesperae solennes de Confessore"
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117052
Dramma giocoso in two acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116415
with marked and unmarked string parts
revised edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486507
Later Works
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 150138
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 460644
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 413420
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337600
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113761
for: 2 violas
Ensemble score
Item no.: 125309
for: Piano
Item no.: 356041
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391660
Two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401413
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 286036
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 378339
for: Piano
Item no.: 288003
Easily manageable and popular organ music pieces from the baroque, classical and romanticism periods
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 483337
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401295
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 343564