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: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425482
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430711
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 343458
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797440
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797434
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 874376
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797413
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432521
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 367930
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384170
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384163
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384042
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 466235
for: 2 soloists (SS), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682934
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 337396
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611364
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611272
for: Voice (tenor), orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1589706
for: 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499289
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499035
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611270
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611261
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611252
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610831
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596384
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596380
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1595950
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1582071
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1017776
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612481
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693644
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611466
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 629064
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 665533
for: Piano, strings
Single part
Item no.: 326988
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 3 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1544828
for: Concert band
Single part Trumpet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1544776
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421424
Single part
Item no.: 421316
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421257
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1134972
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 745245
for: Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 643549
for: für Tenor und Orchester Viola
Single part
Item no.: 1134994
for: 2 violins, double bass [cello] (trio)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1545557
for: 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1545028
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 212274
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1556959