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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 349931
Fingering by the composer
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367505
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582840
"American Quartet"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1534720
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1202
March upon Handel's "Lift up your Heads"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 748776
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735564
National Edition – Miniature Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684793
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1201
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 158582
aus "Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler"
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746712
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113526
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558187
for: 2 cellos
Item no.: 200321
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 359630
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025078
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664632
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4420
Versions 1913 and 1931
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679499
for: Flute, guitar
Item no.: 130588
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 244415
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401161
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389149
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 362802
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 373489
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217918
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, 2 pianos
Piano reduction, 3 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 603978
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat), piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2171
for Piano and Clarinet
Version for Violoncello
with marked and unmarked string parts
Urtext
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401401
for: Violin [viola], piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 466796
Reprint von 1873
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 242699
for: Voice, cello, piano
Item no.: 478746
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3291
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128161
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1629789
Version of 1851
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229329
Auswahl. Nach Autografen und Erstdrucken (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125057
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 401529
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 105774
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664667
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620062
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 199422
Flötenkonzert, Klavierauszug vom Komponisten (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 185165
around 40 choral settings for SATB, some with piano accompaniment
editionchor
- Graduated prices on request -
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 682691
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 603586
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 316384
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 229151