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.: 777706
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 939959
Oratorium
Urtext - Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656429
for: Guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766572
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 941520
for: Piano [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 771403
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 301561
Schule
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 251099
Orchesterstudien
for: Oboe [cor anglais]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 165993
for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 779454
Book
Item no.: 774009
Book
Item no.: 1024216
for: Trombone [tuba]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 462841
40 Etudes Pour Clarinette Volume 2
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 830168
32 Etudes Pour Clarinette Volume 1
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 829639
Music lesson book
Item no.: 249850
Schule
for: Guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 972929
Schule
for: Guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 249008
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 768356
Oratorium
Urtext - Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656431
Lyric book
Item no.: 258935
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778576
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 777979
aus: Romanzen für Frauenstimmen
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731003
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 633234
for: Male choir
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 797129
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 679589
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 679590
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733622
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 665248
aus dem Oratorium "Elias", op. 70
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753975
aus der "Chorfantasie", op. 80
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740354
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 679592
aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel" (Adelheid Wette, nach "Des Knaben Wunderhorn")
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743573
aus der "Deutschen Messe" D 872
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731001
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 778213