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: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428938
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428331
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373768
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370754
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332517
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911864
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911170
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958645
Traditionelle Bearbeitung für gemischten Chor und Orgel (Streicher und Hörner ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 horns, strings ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215496
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1651350
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1203702
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1541359
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 1541353
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1539919
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1539691
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 690233
for: Organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 643392
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 283478
for: Piano 4 hands
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 1012872
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1011300
for: Gemischter Chor (4-stimmig)
Choir score
Item no.: 1199945
String Symphony MWV N 3
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555328
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608526
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432655
Flötenkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189462
Flötenkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 177761
Overture to the Dramatic Poem “Manfred” by Lord Byron
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664625
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 631593
violin concert
Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 554885
Urtext nach der Mendelsohn Gesamtausgabe (LMA (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493551
Urtext nach der Mendelsohn Gesamtausgabe (LMA (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493548
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 375016
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 372125
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1199885
for: Piano
Item no.: 305411
for: Male choir (TTBB), concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 745455
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1203612
for: TRP, [POS) Bläserensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 473395
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1541420
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1541419
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471521
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 149868
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles
Choir score
Item no.: 455990
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358956
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358834
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358812
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358782
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 358645
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