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: Violin, piano
CD
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
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for: Piano 4 hands
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for: Voice, piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 389072
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
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for: Voice (soprano), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 328843
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Harp
Music score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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Score
Item no.: 443498
30 etudes
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 388869
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 343567
for: Klavier oder 2 Klaviere zu 4 Händen
Item no.: 217503
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 216964
Mit Kritischem Bericht
Gesamtausgabe Serie I Bd. 2 (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 186195
for: vier gemischte Chöre (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 144324
for: für Violine und Klavier
Item no.: 140849
for: Organ
Item no.: 1539130
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1539076
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 486048
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 329048
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 280991
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 357094
for: Piano
Item no.: 357090
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 356914
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 168793
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 294041
for: Piano
Item no.: 490916
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 486538
for: Saxophon (in Es) und Klavier
Item no.: 566013
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 555229
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 357342
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 357339
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 357331
for: Piano
Item no.: 357323
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 299060
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Item no.: 193392
Book (Hardcover)
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 159529
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 357282
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Book
Item no.: 164824
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 164814
for: Violin and Various Instruments
Book
Item no.: 164565
for: Violin, Viola and Violoncello
Book
Item no.: 404563
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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