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: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019779
for: SATB, congregation
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158123
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136542
for: Women's choir (SS) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136435
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 879776
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 875094
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 874605
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342548
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342142
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 891622
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 890314
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 882421
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 872578
for: Choir a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 866537
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 862226
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 868010
for: Mixed Choir [SSATBB] A Capella
Choir score
Item no.: 964388
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905203
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 926072
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925992
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924196
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915314
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915016
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913503
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923728
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916536
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914485
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911410
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985423
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906215
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111646
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111616
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111144
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110213
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 643900
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110472
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 890033
Kawe
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 188582
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 1557708
for: Clarinet
Single part clarinet solo
Item no.: 1557526
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1355480
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 791217
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 873965
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 881847
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 893667
Lyric book
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