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: Piano
Item no.: 1625347
for: Piano
Item no.: 1618368
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626087
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625886
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 1625064
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1617391
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1617385
for: Chamber ensemble
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689625
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373761
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 339532
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 181477
In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag
for: Violin, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 657981
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1680991
Operette in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
Lyric book
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for: Brass ensemble (5 parts)
Score
Item no.: 923227
for: 2 Soprane, Alt, Tenor, Bass und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1626304
for: Frauenstimme, Chor und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 1626252
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 208432
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625565
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1539296
for: 6 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023443
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: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1617140
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1620908
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1620856
for: Flöte, 2 Violinen, 2 Violen, Violoncello und Kontrabass
Set of parts
Item no.: 1591980
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780525
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 878067
Three symphonic sketches
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 778489
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768179
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673898
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 372723
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342809
for orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 312614
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 266296
for: Violin, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 583743
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 583742
"Scottish"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 551953
"Reformation Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476482
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460659
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460651
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460650
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332490
for Violoncello and Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 179070
for: Cello, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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