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.: 158113
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 158112
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 136192
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305364
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305315
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305299
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305298
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305249
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305245
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 575687
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307948
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307914
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307906
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), concert band
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 307884
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 307292
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 307213
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770936
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305349
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305347
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 304643
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 282799
for: Piano
Item no.: 304499
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 637440
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1349886
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1340706
Walzer "Der letzte Sonnenschein"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 782629
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1615916
for: Solo S + SSA
Choir score
Item no.: 905282
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1717438
for: 2 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 817592
for: 6 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 141712
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 1625064
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1565738
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1016441
"From the New World"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693652
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1539296
for: Concert band
Direktion
Item no.: 901878
for: Concert band
Direktion
Item no.: 890808
for: 2 Blockflöten (SA) CD
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 161616
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 888408
for: Chor, Violine (opt.), Violoncello (opt.) und Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 887305
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 899856
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 897128
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1647272
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647218
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1650808
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1650806
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1680991