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 (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1355129
for: Oboe, chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355031
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354924
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 205871
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 274909
for: Violin, orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1017767
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1355182
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355298
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355297
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498883
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797438
for: 2 soloists (SS), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 609064
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444428
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 434042
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430710
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425481
Single part Viola
Item no.: 291652
for: 2 violins
Single part(n)
Item no.: 379253
for: Oboe, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 692067
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 657628
Single part
Item no.: 371342
New Completion
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1340586
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228266
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228265
for: String orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212478
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 879518
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384164
Single part
Item no.: 384045
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 384043
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 384040
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1546453
for: Concert band
Single part Horn 1/2 (E-flat)
Item no.: 1545290
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet (E-flat)
Item no.: 1544942
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 494648
for: 2 violins, cello
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1545144
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello (Bass), Blockflöte ad libitum und Kinderinstrumente
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 363986
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 397196
for: String orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 141520
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 1134944
for: für Sopran und Orchester Viola
Single part
Item no.: 1134895
for: für Chor SATB, Orgel und Streicher Violine 1
Single part
Item no.: 261950
for: für Bariton (Bass) und Orchester Viola
Single part
Item no.: 1135521
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violine 1
Single part
Item no.: 1135463
for: für Orchester Violoncello obligat
Single part
Item no.: 1135271
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 107902
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 421837
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1 solo
Item no.: 421830
Single part
Item no.: 421824