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: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Item no.: 354152
(Moonlight)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613304
(Urtext)
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 337680
for: Klarinette (oder Flöte oder Oboe oder Violine), Klavier
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 394902
completed and edited by Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 665327
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116471
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401330
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422069
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377405
KV 427 (417a)
Klavierauszug (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116531
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401130
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
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 401438
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 356103
Score
Item no.: 339371
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 648624
für 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello Partitur und Stimmen
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684129
30 Sonaten für Viola da gamba und Basso continuo
(Basso continuo nicht ausgesetzt)
for: Viola da gamba, basso continuo
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 684257
(O cara armonia)
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 418265
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 148331
for: Viola, piano
Buch
Item no.: 155903
aus der Oper „Didione abbandonata“
Hamburger Ratsmusik — Meisterwerke des Barock 7
for: Voice (soprano), viola da gamba, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 655224
for: Mandolin, guitar
Item no.: 553442
for: Organ
Item no.: 337894
for: Flute, violin, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 475089
for: Harp, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 763057
"Collection pour grand orgue"
for: Organ
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 640796
nach Arien aus den Opern Die Pilger von Mekka und Alceste
für 2 Oboen, 2 Englischhörner, 2 Hörner und 2 Fagotte
for: 2 oboes, 2 cors anglais [clarinets], 2 cors, 2 bassoons (octet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 636331
Vier Arien aus 4 veschieden Opern von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1009394
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 945234
for: 2 clarinets, bassoon
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 162039
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 417776
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Score
Item no.: 190779
for: Cello
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 554979
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1200899
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 330887
for: FL HRN
Set of parts
Item no.: 291542
for: Flute, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 170315
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 200260
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 400988
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 739690
(Theme)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723364
op. 58/3
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 760727
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736230
Edition Schott
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 735660