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.
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 431306
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 280064
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664324
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 170823
for: Clarinet (a), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 116508
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2869
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174726
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234930
(Urtext)
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 337680
for: Flute, viola
Item no.: 200344
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 388543
for: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 779168
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613312
for: Flute, violin, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413490
for: Double bass, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 695020
Lobkowitz-Quartette und letztes Quartett (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts (4)
Item no.: 131975
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 311840
for: Viola
Item no.: 360218
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 557447
for: Viola, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 372799
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 656576
for: Violin, viola, cello, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 394492
"Le Midi"
With 2 violino and 1 violoncello concertato
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 883494
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 356103
Score
Item no.: 339371
for: Clarinet [violin], cello, piano
Item no.: 382077
for: Piano
Item no.: 621024
27 Originals for Solo Piano
Selections from the Complete Edition (easy)
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 207035
(Urtext)
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 482949
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet (B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377405
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025072
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1019056
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 767231
Oratorium Hob. XXI:2,
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 605234
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401330
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392390
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198401
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116471
"Prague Symphony"
Urtext of the New Mozart Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 144130
two copies needed for performance
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229267
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 239962
for: Klarinette (oder Flöte oder Oboe oder Violine), Klavier
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 394902
for: Violin, harpsichord, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 155815
Pieces from the 16th to the 18th Century
New Edition in one volume
for: Treble recorder
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 351620
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401130
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 475703
for: Voice (medium), organ
Item no.: 311641