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.
Overture to Heinrich Joseph von Collin's Tragedy – Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 336228
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287077
Thi edition replaces the previous volume HN 118
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609242
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 607377
for: Oboe, piano
Item no.: 268814
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 285282
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 432664
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796412
Original Version
Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781386
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 304054
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 123011
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 481777
for: Piano
Item no.: 184998
for: Organ
Item no.: 168652
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284549
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 670232
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 334088
for: Flute [violin], cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 327595
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 616224
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 408589
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 565588
for: Piano
Spielbuch
Item no.: 106197
for: Violin, viola, cello, guitar
Item no.: 130338
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 460644
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 378336
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 139885
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 150364
Suite for Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 768210
for Violin and Orchestra
Edition for Violin and Piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 383099
No. 63–85
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 380374
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score (with piano part)
Item no.: 378506
zu Kreutzer- und Rode-Etüden
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 361093
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360395
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 284747
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 467611
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665412
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 213075
from Partita no. 2 d minor
Arrangement for Piano, left Hand by Johannes Brahms
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679821
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 392799
for: Violin, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 638062
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 173424
Tableaux d'une Exposition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 659188
für Klavier (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Item no.: 464982
for: Women's choir (SS), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 479976
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 612745
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685086
for: 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (double quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 472478
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