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.
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 1
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Score (Hardcover)
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for: Organ
Music score
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Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
Kompletter Satz Bläser- und Schlagzeugstimmen
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Harmony parts (complete winds)
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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Bärenreiter Urtext
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Score (Urtext edition)
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Piano score, solo part
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for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
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Edition Peters Green Series
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Music score
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Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
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Piano reduction, solo part
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für zwei Klaviere zu vier Händen
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Ensemble score
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Score, parts (pdf download)
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for: Viola, piano
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for: Tuba [bass trombone]
Music score
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Romantische Operette in drei Akten
Piano reduction
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Sheet music
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1-3, D 384, 385, 408
Urtext der Neuen Schubert-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
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Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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Study score
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Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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Sheet music
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Music score
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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original version 1878
Anton Bruckner Complete Edition
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Study score
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Score
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Piano reduction
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Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
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Score
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A Selection
Bärenreiter Urtext
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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National Edition – Miniature Edition
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Study score (Urtext edition)
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Complete edition of the shorter sacred music for choir and ensembles
Musique sacrée française
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Score
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Score (Urtext edition)
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Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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Score
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with marked and unmarked string parts
Breitkopf Urtext
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Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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with marked and unmarked string parts
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Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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Easy Piano Pieces
Henle Urtext Editions
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Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
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Music score
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Score
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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Critical Edition of the Chamber Music volume 4
Clothbound
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Score (Hardcover), single parts
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Music lesson book
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Book
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for Violoncello and Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
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Urtext
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Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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