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: Violin, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1680976
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 779488
for: Symphonic orchestra
Music score
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with marked and unmarked string part
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617088
with parts in E/E flat, C and B flat
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Piano reduction, 3 solo parts (Urtext edition)
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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String Symphony MWV N 3
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 171418
for: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (sextet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 660397
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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(Urtext)
for: 4 voices, piano
Choir score
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for: MCH (TTBBB)
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 369468
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 369466
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 428228
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 261050
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 375386
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 367891
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428031
Klavierkonzert
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 341680
Klavierkonzert
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 215598
aus 'Ein Sommernachtstraum' (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 177396
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 261719
for: Clarinet, bassethorn [2 clarinets], orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 229326
gleichzeitig auch Material zu Violinkonzertfassung (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 272640
Heft 2
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209502
Stimulating Exercises for the Flute
for: 1-2 Flöten
Music score
Item no.: 780333
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 754110
Waltz from "Die Fledermaus"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781567
op. 31
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 737747
Edition Schott
for: Horn, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736628
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Item no.: 418388
for: Vocal and Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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Klavierauszug
Deutsch / Italienisch (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 359495
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 487050
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 897689
for: Flute
Item no.: 491980
for: Violin, cello
Set of parts
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Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360111
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 485215
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 408786
40 Arrangements of Famous Classical Masterpieces
Best of Classics
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 676401