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: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 173424
Suite for Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 768210
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 136002
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 378830
with eight Variations
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1022519
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 670232
for: Piano
Item no.: 166583
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665480
from "Trois femmes de légende pour orchestre"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 469865
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Score
Item no.: 778348
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392014
"American Quartet"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1009252
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025074
for: Violin, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 638062
The Late Sonatas
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745297
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 304054
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817164
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 192264
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 622793
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 694876
for the organ
from volume 40 of the Complete Works
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 297142
National Edition - Miniature Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684120
Lobgesang des Jean Racine Des-Dur op. 11
Stimmensatz (Org-6-5-4-3-3)
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649570
für Gesang und Klavier
Original-Ausgabe für Hohe Stimme
Lieder in 3 Bänden, Urtext, Band 3 (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 360080
for: Viola, guitar
Item no.: 130414
for: TASTEN- UND BALGINSTRUMENTE ORGEL ORGEL ZWEIHÄNDIG
Item no.: 275741
Original Version
Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781386
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290516
for: Piano
Item no.: 187386
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391912
for: Piano
Item no.: 174779
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665412
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 302533
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Study score
Item no.: 114068
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 200544
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 360402
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 359549
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151601
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 150364
for tenor voice and guitar
Transcription and fingerings by Tilman Hoppstock
for: Voice (tenor), guitar
Music score
Item no.: 456369
for: Trumpet, trombone, organ
Item no.: 184281
for: Violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Item no.: 129103
Overture from the incidental music
small orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 358996
for: Violin, viola, cello, guitar
Item no.: 130338
Oratorio
for: Soli BarBMSMezATTB, Chor SSTB, 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, 4 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 4 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen, Pauken, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass
Piano reduction
Item no.: 226103
Schott Piano Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 754190
op. 89
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 754126
Edition Schott
for: Bläsersextett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 784280
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