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: Classical guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Book (softcover)
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for: Flute
Music score
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music score, CD
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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35 Beautiful Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
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from Carmen
for: Flute, piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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for: Women's choir (SAA) [3 solo voices], piano
Sheet music
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for: Flute
Music score, CD
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for: Clarinet
Music score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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Lyric book
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Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 464738
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
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for: Flute
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 148247
48 great classical guitar solos for intermediate to advanced level players
for: Classical guitar
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 665189
18 selected pieces
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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(Early version and definitive version) New, expanded edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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EMB Music for Beginners
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 153089
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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An Operatic Fantasy in Five Acts
New critical edition, based on original
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Wind Ensemble or Chamber Group
Score
Item no.: 183351
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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from Cavalleria rusticana
for: Cello, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 148694
Teaching material, Technique
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book
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for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
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Easy arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548948
from Swan Lake
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722316
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 475650
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 276532
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 638797
Hugo Wolf Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 417819