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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199247
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Sopran solo und Orchester
Lyric book
Item no.: 199245
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 1620531
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 299864
for: Piano
Item no.: 153043
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 205025
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 205021
for: 2-Part Treble Voices and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903470
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 202310
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TTBB)], orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 202265
for: Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 888335
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203990
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella oder mit Blechbläsern (4-2-3-1) oder Klavier (Orgel)
Choir score
Item no.: 203524
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 203468
for: gemischter Chor und Klavier oder Instrumente
Choir score
Item no.: 203455
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); double bass ad lib.
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1544989
for: für Orchester
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 395129
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 935642
for: 2 Oboes and Piano
Book
Item no.: 203940
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1620637
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 216037
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 184455
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 465301
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 214808
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 169963
for: Violin and Various Instruments
Book
Item no.: 162264
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160284
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 149043
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1540354
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 404447
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 695291
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373761
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362365
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 339532
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 181477
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582825
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 466302
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432660
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 283169
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 147310
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770628
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 622857
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340242
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189702
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1111977
for: Piano
Item no.: 1356809
for: Piano
Item no.: 107906
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 183714
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