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.
Solfa Edition
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950940
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 829990
Graduale Exaudi, Dominum und Offertorium Lauda anima mea Dominum für die Messe in Es-Dur op. 107
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1161019
Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1195563
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 987743
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 971891
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971871
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 949632
Quattro pezzi sacri Nr. 2
for: Choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670420
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1646285
for: 3 guitars
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 1552649
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237053
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236988
Komisches Singspiel in Versen für Kinder
for: 6 soloists, 6 narrators, women's choir (SSA), piano (2 hands/4 hands)
Choir score
Item no.: 1120954
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972145
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972055
Klaviermusik 8~Organum Reihe 5
for: Piano
Item no.: 311424
Gesangsstimme eingerichtet für Violine
eine Oktave über der Originallage
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 445843
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1351556
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 584862
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830228
for: 3 Oboe's and English Horn
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829988
Music score
Item no.: 1209989
op. 59
Chorpartitur
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 237338
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 235445
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 235382
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235183
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 237142
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237127
D 678
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 237118
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237093
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237063
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Trumpet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237062
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236985
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1172857
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 203701
CD mit allen Stimmen zum Ausdrucken
for: Mixed choir (SABar), 2 horns (E-flat), organ, double bass
CD
Item no.: 670675
Sange Fra
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1175968
Musik im Trio 8
for: Treble recorder, violin, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008705
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1138802
Leuckart-Reprint
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 361851
D 488
Stimmensatz
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 238066
D 730
Stimmensatz
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237990
Graduale in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237899
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236222
Original für Violine und Klavier
String Attack
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 687617