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: String orchestra
Score
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Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Flexible string ensemble
Sheet music
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Double bass
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for: Flute
Single part Flute
Item no.: 1543428
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958611
for: Double bass, piano
Book
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 274956
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
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Transcription for Violoncello and String Quartet
for: Cello (solo), 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1689916
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
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for: Violin, piano
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for: Piano
Music score
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Lyric book
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for: Cornet Solo, Flute, 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns, Violin, Cello and Bass
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Einzelstimme
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Students book
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Choir, orchestra
Choir score
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Concert Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768455
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695424
Overture
1828 / 1834
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 583849
Overture
1828 / 1834
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
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"Italian"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Single part Violin 2
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 616094
for orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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Item no.: 622304
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Viola
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Mixed choir [women's choir], 2 violins, piano
Single part Violin 1
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Choir score
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Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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for: Clarinet, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Bariton-Saxophon und Klavier
Piano reduction, solo part
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Score
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Score, Parts
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