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: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 310815
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 477601
for: Violine, Klavier, [Violine, Violoncello, [Kontrabass]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 216944
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 487095
for: Trombone, piano
Item no.: 487192
Nordic Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113008
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1658733
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo oder Solocello und Streichorchester
for: Violin [viola/cello], string orchestra
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 693036
UELZENER KUHLAU-EDITION 54
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1161298
für Violine und Streicher (Streichorchester)
Urtextausgabe
for: Violin, string orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655197
for: EL 2
Item no.: 219926
für 3 Flöten und 4 Klarinetten in B
for: Woodwind ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 396789
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 127002
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 126317
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 408262
for: Big band
Item no.: 420592
Critical Edition of the Chambermusic volume 4
Clothbound
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass (nonet)
Score (Hardcover), single parts
Item no.: 226444
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 213700
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 212923
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Solisten-Partitur
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 642668
Chorus set 20 Parts
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090286
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1102735
Klassik
for: Flute, Viola and Violin
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1102889
Ballett in zwei Akten
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
2 Study scores
Item no.: 1340710
for: 2 flutes, piano
Book
Item no.: 1191503
for: 4 Flöten
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011694
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1085505
Buch
Item no.: 1174991
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145320
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204628
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1043986
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1043988
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1346133
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105620
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105622
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197781
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105621
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202367
Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043985
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1043634
Schubert's last great mass, whose first performance in October 1829 he no longer lived to experience
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1660654
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1071561
für Frauenchor mit Klavierbegleitung
Klavierpartitur
Piano score
Item no.: 1610481
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1144941
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1118766
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Alto Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913094
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998182
for: Choir A Cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998432