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: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 492472
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 971803
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 971602
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 175477
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 971582
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 334281
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 268423
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 971706
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 971770
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 310688
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665561
Lyric book
Item no.: 318313
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 177613
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256747
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256744
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 205110
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374965
aus: Gartenlieder op. 3, No. 6
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1714118
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1556916
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256758
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256738
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 617607
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 198045
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 142504
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 169990
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 322975
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 128640
Three Modern Greek Poems
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 668583
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 619892
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 769944
for all saxophones
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101062
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 610223
"Choral Fantasy"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 690029
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 303873
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 462767
Easy pieces for the Pianoforte
Edition with Preface and Editorial Notes
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 184840
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004529
Selected from the Vocalises of Marco Bordogni
for: Bass trombone
Music score
Item no.: 141974
for: Voice (high), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 138370
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 157415
Version for Soli, Choir, Brass quintet and organ
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, organ
Score
Item no.: 666649
1st and 2nd Versions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256609
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 266375
Lyric book
Item no.: 318286
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722500
2nd Movement
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722355
from Carmen
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722354
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
