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: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 312600
Musica Sacra Des 19 Jahrhunderts
for: SOLI 2 GCH
Partitur
Item no.: 621000
Requiem
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1672449
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1111148
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175084
Klassik
for: Wind Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1121948
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1645343
in d
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1084768
for: Classical
Buch
Item no.: 249443
for: FL (VL) TRP-A (VC/VA) KLAV
Item no.: 198290
Item no.: 610346
Item no.: 610344
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 603941
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 555553
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 556341
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 553083
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 601572
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1016314
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 301458
Academy Records Piano Literature Recordings
Master Composer Collection – Ausgewählte Klavierwerke
for: Piano
Audio-CD
Item no.: 301983
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Buch
Item no.: 301624
Item no.: 618369
Item no.: 620043
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 329453
for: Voice, guitar
Item no.: 215395
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 171061
Harold Gore Publishing
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 164419
Symphonic version (1900)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 477317
for: Voice (high)
Buch
Item no.: 1085687
für Orgel, 3 Hörner und Streicher
for: Organ, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1659350
Psalm 23 (22).4
aus: 3 geistliche Gesänge für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1655470
WAB 45
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1653036
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1651765
D 106
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238044
for: Piano
Item no.: 585970
Item no.: 616102
for: Women's choir a cappella
Chorstimme(n)
Item no.: 645398
Die linden Lüfte sind erwacht
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 643589
for: Guitar
Item no.: 418395
for: Trombone, organ
Item no.: 417709
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 1136906
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201031
for: Flute
Item no.: 139103