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.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232521
for: Harpsichord, piano, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497269
Messe
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1551900
BR JCFB E 1
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234220
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558430
für Horn und Streicher [Streichquartett], Bläser ad lib
Harmoniestimmen 2 Ob / 2 Fg
for: String orchestra [2 violins, viola, cello (quartet)]
Single part
Item no.: 273242
Kantate zum Sonntag Oculi HoWV II.57
for: 3 soloists (STB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772211
First Edition – Carlson I A3
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684631
Requiem aeternam
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234453
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232359
Single part(n)
Item no.: 456201
for: SBFL SOLO
Single part(n)
Item no.: 456200
Joseph Martin Kraus – Musikalische Werke
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797917
Warburton E 14
Responsorium. Mailänder Vesperpsalm
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693165
Reformationskantate
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691360
ergänzt und herausgegeben von Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Viola 2
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672050
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 564915
"Great Mass in C minor"
reconstructed and completed by Ulrich Leisinger
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), 2 mixed choirs, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 694036
"Great Mass in C minor"
reconstructed and completed by Ulrich Leisinger
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), 2 mixed choirs, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 694033
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Chamber orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768376
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424246
for: BBFL / ST 3
Single part
Item no.: 608719
Adelaide
for: Violin, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 740894
for: Streichquartett; Kontrabass ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 747316
for: Alt-Blockflöte (Flöte, Violine), 2 Violinen (Fideln) und Violoncello (Bass-Fidel)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 752195
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 733186
for: 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 781787
(with 2 Cadenzas)
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 725487
(with 2 Cadenzas)
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 727803
from the ballet "Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus"
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783830
nach Ovids Metamorphosen
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783817
for: Klarinette (C oder B) und Streicher; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 783686
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784565
for: Klavier (Cembalo), 2 Violinen und Bass
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784467
for: String orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784459
for: Orchestra
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 784089
G Minor
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 784853
früher Georg Benda zugeschrieben
for: Viola und Streicher mit Cembalo; 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784812
for: 2 flutes, strings
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784782
Lambacher Sinfonie
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784727
Lambacher
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784726
Lambacher
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784725
for: Klavier (Cembalo) und Streicher; 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784673
for: String quartet [string orchestra]
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784655
for: Trompete, Oboe, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 784552
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument, Percussion
Item no.: 221467
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 222066
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611361