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.
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194604
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972070
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 333470
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 340819
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 335888
Choir score
Item no.: 1175788
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 1118631
for: Concert band
Item no.: 405221
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 564077
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228677
Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgabe – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 227266
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 458686
Klassik
for: Alto Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905651
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237092
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Bassoon 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237059
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 383726
for: GES-T (B) 1 2
ST GCH
Item no.: 188391
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 278478
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 382406
for: FL (OB) KLAR KLAV
Item no.: 428616
Dance of Little Swans and Spanish Dance
for: 8 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1016753
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 242839
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1327672
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1327670
Voces8
Bizet / Mozart / Delibes / Verdi
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136501
3 Lieder
for: Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Klavier
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 1535043
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124539
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826274
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125209
op. 30
for: für Flöte und Klavier
Item no.: 113706
Mark Foster
for: SA[T]B
Choir score
Item no.: 1656607
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1121897
for: Clarinet choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 163408
for: Organ
Item no.: 160985
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 171117
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1140259
Teil 1: Übertragung, Teil 2: Faksimile mit einem Nachwort und einem Register
Book (reprint)
Item no.: 1549067
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163743
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1203671
Pavane, Op. 50, Berceuse, Op. 16, Élègie, Op. 24
for: Cello Duet
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1203576
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 797000
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201224
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1344597