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: Clarinet, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355243
Offertorium de venerabili
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355190
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608791
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558024
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355394
Kantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235163
for: 2 recorders, chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355212
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354939
for: für Horn und Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 173617
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373267
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025070
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 665797
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Horn 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 665532
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello (Bass), Blockflöte ad libitum und Kinderinstrumente
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 363984
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 303548
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 180472
for: Orchestra, harpsichord
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645188
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643705
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 609103
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 604359
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460020
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460019
for: KB (Violoncello)
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 455967
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611365
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611355
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611257
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611253
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610921
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610919
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610669
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596338
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596331
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1031765
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 561083
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384172
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 384162
for: Voice (soprano), string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557745
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596226
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596216
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1595947
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1581951
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1566927
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1566564
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1566561
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 492130
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 265633
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421265
for: 2 lyras [2 treble recorders/treble recorder, oboe], 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello/double bass
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645858