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: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 725832
for: Klavier (Cembalo), 2 Violinen und Bass
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784469
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784427
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783927
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783892
Serenade G major
for: 2 violins, viola [violin, 2 violas], cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 783466
E flat Major
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner und Streicher; Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784852
D major
for: 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, Fagott, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784840
for: 2 flutes, strings
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 784777
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784705
for: Flute, string orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784607
for: Flöte oder Violoncello oder Cembalo, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 755733
after Piano sonatas of Johann Christian Bach
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 760647
for: Cembalo oder Flöte oder Violoncello und Streicher
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 756664
Single part Organ
Item no.: 348316
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430673
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493853
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444255
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443591
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443108
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643886
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 272685
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 605625
for: Violin, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 157495
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 155613
for: Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545480
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797406
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797409
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 248013
for: 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1018458
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1113511
for two horns, viola, two cellos, basso continuo
first print
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: 2 horns, viola, 2 cellos, basso continuo
single part Horn 2 (C)
Item no.: 682098
viersätzige frühklassische Orchesterliteratur
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandola
Item no.: 635388
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 126973
für gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel
Violoncello / Kontrabass
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668990
for: HRN-D 1
Single part
Item no.: 189104
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189101
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1557645
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 478381
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 126875
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557923
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557999
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1558111
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1558115
Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 687307
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 1354925
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355287
for: Piano, chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355216
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