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.
Edizione critica a cura di Philip Gossett e Fabrizio Scipioni
for: Symphonic orchestra
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 1547687
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1329593
(from L'Africaine)
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132440
3-5 Octaves of Handbells Level 3
for: Handbells
Choir score
Item no.: 1124850
Lyrics
Item no.: 1137180
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1215299
Oper/Operette
for: Trombone Baritone
Book
Item no.: 880583
From the New World
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144253
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1105005
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132385
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1172958
Die Heilige Stadt
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132355
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 1118662
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1161585
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1138408
for: Mezzo or Baritone Voice
Book
Item no.: 1118723
Klassik
for: Bass Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908627
Sudien und Übungen
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 1141207
for: Contra Alto or Bass Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1119576
Elegiac Melody No. 2
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143252
Klassik
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1539451
for: PERC (6-7)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 374235
for: GES MCH KLAV
Item no.: 365761
for: Voice (medium), symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 366693
altrussischer Kirchengesang
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 484524
for: GES-M GES-H ORCH
Score, Parts
Item no.: 366506
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 367363
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 576204
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 447187
for: Organ
Item no.: 551294
for: Flute, clarinet, bassoon
Set of parts
Item no.: 377015
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 490549
Hymnus
Psalm 96
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 377177
for: Piano
Item no.: 104015
for: Zither
Single part(n)
Item no.: 445341
Männerchor
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 458919
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 343985
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 470503
Version Elementaire Et Version Simplifiee
for: Bass trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 476130
for: AKK KLAV (AKK)
Item no.: 577068
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 479301
Single edition
Item no.: 476047
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 488762
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 487991
for: Piano
Item no.: 195375
Klavier
for: Piano
Piano score
Item no.: 197122