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.
Lamb Most Holy Tp248
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105553
Klassik
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 964831
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105445
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163655
Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211201
Gm
for: Piano, Voice, Low Voice, Medium Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1613093
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026070
This editionis a reprint from the original publication
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 198559
for: Guitar and Cello
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1207754
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 888465
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026072
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 647541
Simrock Original Edition
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 357567
D
for: Piano, Voice, Low Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612445
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235744
guides to the repertoire
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 768167
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 494818
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685597
Sinfonie-Kantate für drei Solostimmen (SST), gemischten Chor (SSAATB) und Orchester
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for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 210810
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025681
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100937
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 668275
Klassik
for: Women's Choir [SSA] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982729
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100795
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032447
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1047737
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1026229
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100797
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 911677
Rondo Koncertowe
Fundacja Wydania Narodowego
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1541433
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 369403
A Symphony-Cantata after Texts from the Holy Scriptures
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695979
for: Organ
Music lesson book
Item no.: 141991
Correspondence dispatched 1896-1904
Book
Item no.: 342650
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 936876
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 928462
for: SATB with S Solo
Book
Item no.: 901361
for: Piano
Item no.: 189178
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 447197
More than the Score
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674926
Donald Stauffer Publications
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1063124
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 360679
with notes on interpretation by Artur Schnabel
Volume 2 (sonatas 13-23)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 282006
In appendice Introduzione e Variazioni op. 9 su un tema di Mozart
Maestri della chitarra
for: Classical guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 626677
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 770852
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 770848
for: Voice, piano
Partitur
Item no.: 355017
Prepared by the P. I. Tchaikowsky Scientific and Publishing Board
Petr Il'ic Cajkovskij – New Edition of Complete Works XII
Book
Item no.: 471737