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: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 601694
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 335867
for: Organ, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 109195
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 165853
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392283
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391814
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391785
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391784
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 1584863
for: Mandolin orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 637537
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 341165
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 284915
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 284716
for: FAG BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 187191
Early Viennese Quartets
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764679
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696026
for: 3 violins
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418464
for: 2 tubas
Ensemble score
Item no.: 300509
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696757
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1684547
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 777021
WO 7
Vol. 2
for: Piano [organ]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 776991
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778188
Volume 1 (Nos. 1–3)
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1552249
‘Maria Theresia’
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1552401
for: 2 harps
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1351402
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1610935
for: Piano, orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1586099
Volume 2 (Nos. 4–6)
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1552245
for: Piano
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 1204030
(complete)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 340624
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 582823
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 549404
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108757
for: 2 recorders (SA)
Students book
Item no.: 1544718
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 1619081
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Item no.: 565229
for: Oboe, bassoon
Ensemble score
Item no.: 678325
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 475729
for: Violin and Cembalon
Buch
Item no.: 604902
for: Trumpet, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 486443
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 658000
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 215043
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 212356
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 206494
Hafner Music: Hafner Symphony with March in D major K. 408/2 (385a)
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 614678
Violinkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 605979
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 490260