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: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 1111873
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 281961
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 139636
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 281773
for: String orchestra
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 210813
for: Piano
Item no.: 353166
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 283569
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester)
Item no.: 207572
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 344737
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 298034
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 283840
for: Piano
Item no.: 281982
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 281971
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 1112027
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester)
Item no.: 312398
for: Salon orchestra
Piano score (conductor)
Item no.: 295533
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester)
Item no.: 274735
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 660547
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 403987
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester)
Item no.: 311776
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 283596
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1546066
for: Accordion
Item no.: 288029
for: Voice, organ
Item no.: 287848
for: Violin, organ
Item no.: 287809
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 287803
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 287674
for: Piano
Item no.: 287673
Piano reduction
Item no.: 313930
for: Voice (high/medium), guitar
Item no.: 170838
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 295183
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 359881
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 368834
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 352157
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 498932
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 561514
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767969
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 280991
for: Orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 214263
for: Organ
Item no.: 1539130
for: Sopran, Bass, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 1538913
Eb major
Easy Version
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 619018
for: Cello [violin], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 605865
for: 4-Part Treble Voices [SSAA] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867471
for: 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1043340
for: gemischter Chor (unisono, Volksgesang) mit Orgel oder kleinem Orchester
Organ reduction
Item no.: 351367
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 301800
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 200042
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