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: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 939645
for: 2 Violins, 2 Violas, Cello
Book
Item no.: 937624
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Book
Item no.: 937532
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936564
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 935766
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935673
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 947377
for: String orchestra
Book
Item no.: 947859
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 947660
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 946696
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899632
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849619
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849344
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 849957
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849844
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 893950
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 888104
for: Cello
Music score, CD
Item no.: 943372
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 943211
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 940035
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848223
for: 2 harpsichords
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 419196
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 146842
for: Flute, cello
Item no.: 629067
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 271289
für Flöte (Oboe / Klarinette) und Akkordeon
for: Flute, accordion
Score, part
Item no.: 303853
Ölgemälde, 1823, von Ferdinand Waldmüller
Poster
Item no.: 235963
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 191772
for: 3 recorders (ATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 366913
Sologesang mit Instrumenten und Orgel 10
for: Voice (baritone), oboe [clarinet (B-flat)], organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691344
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 988837
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 930239
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 930935
for: 3 clarinets (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 474282
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass [cello]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 158106
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 586437
for: Violin, viola
Score, Parts
Item no.: 135913
for: Harpsichord, piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 307618
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 236828
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Chamber orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 433075
for: Male choir (TTBB); brass winds [piano] ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1670792
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1200658
Oratorio
BR-CPEB D 3 (Wq 240)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1317154
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 1677548
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1657583
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1657173
Chamber Orchestra Arrangment
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1651411
for: Flute, 2 oboe's, 2 horns, 2 violins, double bass, harpsichord
Score
Item no.: 1668613