The turn of the 19th century saw the dawn of Romanticism. This artistic and cultural movement was constantly striving for new ideas and new beginnings, during a particularly turbulent time in social, political and natural history. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the romantic masters and their works today.
The reason and order of the classical period were balanced out in the romantic period by emotion and imagination. The word romanticism is derived from the French literary terms roman and romantique. Programme music uses melodies and instrumental colours to tell a story, to take the listener on a musical journey. The most prominent of all program music is undoubtedly the symphonic poem, created, explored and developed by composers such as Franz Liszt and Bedřich Smetana.
Compared to the Classical Period, the melodies of the romantic period became less and less regular and symmetrical, and the harmony more and more chromatic and dissonant. As the romantic period progressed, the possibilities of traditional tonality became more and more exhausted, and the beginning of the 20th century saw the departure from classical structure and form, and the movement towards modern and contemporary classical music.
In order to broaden the sound palate which set the mood and atmosphere for the romantic period, new instruments began to appear in the orchestra, and voices began to be deployed, choirs and soloists began to be introduced into traditional instrumental works. Throughout the 19th century, the fashion was expansion, both in music for Symphony Orchestra and in Choral Music, the forces grew and grew, far beyond the imagination of any of the classical composers of the previous century.
In the 19th century, Opera flourished, be it Italian verismo, French "Grand Opera", or Wagner’s new world of music theatre. The most important opera composers of the 19th century were Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi.
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 489506
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 486350
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 482456
Spotlight Serie
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 488043
Lieder nach Klaviersonaten Beethovens
instrumentale Klassiker in modernem Gewand
for: Children's choir (S/SA) [mixed choir (SAM)], piano; instruments ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 693207
Motette
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043692
Offertorium
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232378
Offertorium
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 232374
Klassik
for: Voice (soprano)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913723
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 582402
for: BASS INST IN B (BASS-POS)
Item no.: 247005
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 629954
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 563355
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 114059
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 104229
Piano reduction
Item no.: 104149
for: Piano
Item no.: 104019
for: Piano
Item no.: 103972
Item no.: 103924
aus op. 29, 69, 91 und 114
for: ALT 1
Single part(n)
Item no.: 477308
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1137931
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235567
enthält auch eine eigenständige Orgelbearbeitung
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237333
for: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (sextet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 362771
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 362650
for: Tuba, piano
Item no.: 364850
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 607911
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 253295
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 253283
Buch
Item no.: 251766
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 251489
for: 3–4 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 253225
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 253123
Buch
Item no.: 252741
Buch
Item no.: 252691
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 253875
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 694216
for: Choir (S/SA/SAM), piano; wind instruments, rhythm-group ad lib.
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 693495
Violin and Piano
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829801
for: 4 Posaunen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829318
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 828983
Bassoon
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 830271
3 Trombones
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830085
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950945