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: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo, Orgel)
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424542
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 349220
KV 193
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226126
In Latein. War für die Abendmahlsliturgie an Weihnachten, Ostern und Pfingsten bestimmt
Piano reduction
Item no.: 217184
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 772200
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 680483
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 350915
Doppelchörig, mit Streichern und Trompeten besetzt. Entstehung 1758 in Mailand für einen Festgottesdienst zu Ehren des heiligen Nepomuk.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 234440
In Latein. War für die Abendmahlsliturgie an Weihnachten, Ostern und Pfingsten bestimmt
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 280448
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237465
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 684672
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253611
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243600
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Single part Organ
Item no.: 362887
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 638277
for: 4 recorders (SATB), percussion
Single part Tenor recorder
Item no.: 243587
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 312845
for: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1354927
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht
Item no.: 116411
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Tenor/Bass
Item no.: 202332
Heft 5 aus «Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn»
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 687312
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1671319
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189105
für SATB, Orchester (2 Trp [C], 2 Vl, Vc) und Orgel oder mit Orgel allein
enthält beide Fassungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Single part Organ
Item no.: 604730
Piano reduction
Item no.: 616106
KV 193
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226128
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237199
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo, Orgel)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424543
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236786
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236785
Solomotette zum Dreifaltigkeitsfest oder zu Weihnachten
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237295
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235064
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472590
for: 4 recorders (SATB), percussion
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 456863
KV 195 (186d)
Einzelstimme Org.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 235104
for: SATB, Cantor, Assembly and Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158217
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625743
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Score
Item no.: 1161172
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 202331
Motette (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332690
FUER SOLI, CHOR UND ORCHESTER, PARTITUR
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Partitur
Item no.: 644623
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632717
for: Cello
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189109
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235063
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237464
Solomotette zum Dreifaltigkeitsfest oder zu Weihnachten
Kritische Neuausgabe von Wolfgang Hochstein gestützt auf das Autograph und die Salzburger Fassung.
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237301
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237202
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 226124