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: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 372726
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769161
Concert Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768457
for: Piano, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696475
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696473
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678714
Arrangement for Soloists, Choir and Chamber Orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 642258
for: Brass ensemble, organ
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 496730
for: 2 Blockflöten (SA) CD
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 161616
Overture to the Opera
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 659069
violin concert
Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 554888
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 465006
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 465004
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 465002
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 307031
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306982
for: FL (ABFL) 3 GIT
Score, Parts
Item no.: 215784
for: KLAR 2 VL VA VC (KB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 431827
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 306281
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 283169
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 128293
for: 6 wind instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 384635
for: Piano
Item no.: 359980
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 183003
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir part Soprano 1
Item no.: 668845
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 378821
URTEXT Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Score
Item no.: 562725
for: Piano
Item no.: 382236
Score
Item no.: 380750
for: Unison Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959478
Romance pour le violon (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158566
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 457125
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 564598
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel oder für Orgel allein
Nach dem Urtext herausgegeben und mit einer Orgelbegleitung versehen von Albert Kupp
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 685883
Symphonic poem
after a poem by Henri Cazalis
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 692989
Opéra-comique en 3 actes | Reprintausgabe
for: Gesang und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1650925
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 615205
for: Eb Saxophone
Buch
Item no.: 912572
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1020700
String Symphony MWV N 9
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685839
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340242
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189702
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582825
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 466302
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432660
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373749
Klavierkonzert
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 341649
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340298