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
Music score
Item no.: 1105620
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105622
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197781
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105621
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202367
Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043985
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1043634
Schubert's last great mass, whose first performance in October 1829 he no longer lived to experience
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1660654
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1071561
für Frauenchor mit Klavierbegleitung
Klavierpartitur
Piano score
Item no.: 1610481
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1144941
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1118766
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Alto Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913094
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998182
for: Choir A Cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998432
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998560
Canzonetta De Salvator Rosa- Polonaise No. 1
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998708
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145650
for: Euphoniumquartett
Book
Item no.: 1142870
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 1136957
for: Soprano Voice and String Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215230
Klassik
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 1194224
Fascimile
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1539448
for: Concert band
Item no.: 337381
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 154540
for: Viola
Set of parts
Item no.: 645667
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1666842
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 348398
for: Organ
Item no.: 375290
for: Accordion
Item no.: 456640
for: Horn, piano
Item no.: 562237
2+1, 2, 2, 3 - 4, 2+2, 3, 1, timp, 2hp, str (2.2.1.1.1)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 555946
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Flute 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235571
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215465
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 458569
for: Singstimme (A), Männerchor, Klavier
Item no.: 443147
for: Xylophon, Bläser
Score, Parts
Item no.: 442939
Passions-Oratorium (vermutlich 1847)
Neuausgabe
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), strings, timpani
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768587
Buch
Item no.: 252763
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1071512
Version for soprano or tenor solo, mixed choir, string quintett and organ
Musique sacrée française
for: Solo voice (S/T), mixed choir (SATB), string quintet, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 687466
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1118000
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089731
for: Wind Tentet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215295
from 'Le Prophète'
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211371
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202650
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201192