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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754143
and "Abschied vom Silbermannschen Clavier"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727207
Dall?Opera Don Giovanni Di W. A. Mozart
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215240
for: Piano
Item no.: 355020
for: Flute, basso continuo
Item no.: 393368
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 356116
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 241182
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SA), 2 horns, basso continuo
Organ score
Item no.: 308251
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 307765
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675082
for: Clarinet
Score
Item no.: 257078
for: Flute, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 418977
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304700
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, guitar
Score
Item no.: 158043
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304812
for: 2 CEMB 4MS STR BC
Score
Item no.: 108642
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 238333
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 239963
30 Sonaten für Viola da gamba und Basso continuo
(Basso continuo nicht ausgesetzt)
for: Viola da gamba, basso continuo
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 684494
26 pieces for guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 637582
Sonatas 1–12
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460669
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 383818
for: Piano
Item no.: 351940
for: Flute, viola
Item no.: 279763
on texts by Pietro Metastasio
Volume 2: La Gelosia
for: Voice (alto), strings, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559025
for violin
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 677375
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 217136
Complete String Quartets – Breitkopf Originals
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 687854
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 126970
for: Oboe, violin, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430634
Klavierkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 375728
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 582628
Lyric book
Item no.: 212455
Edition Urtext
Study score (pocket score)
paperbound
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 339976
9 Volumes in a Slipcase
for: Symphonic orchestra
9 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695842
for: Clarinet [violin], cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 401322
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1257
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 141937
for: Organ
Item no.: 371803
für 4 Blockflöten (SATB) Partitur und Stimmen
for: Recorder ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 649482
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 192353
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 344204
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 187845
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 401176
for: Chamber ensemble
13 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695300
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401337
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 247648
for: Violine, Viola, Cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 138502