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: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 393666
for: Guitar
Item no.: 393596
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 287564
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 155219
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360594
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 138989
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1713906
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301491
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 633495
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score, CD
Item no.: 1714421
Suite from the Ballet
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 755955
Transcription from the Opera Lakmé
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1701116
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1713401
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 355000
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 367596
Klavierkonzert
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 341680
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 464981
for: 2 clarinets
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1807
Hymne für Sopran, Chor (SATB) und Orchester MWV B 49
in zwei Fassungen
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 682911
for: Viola, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 394742
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLA VIOLA SOLO
Item no.: 393030
for: 6 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 775929
for piano
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401353
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 269196
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 143790
for: 3 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 744950
for: Harfe und Streichquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 602901
for: Flute, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 102684
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 867450
for: Cor anglais, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379400
Easiest Piano Pieces by Robert Schumann
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758359
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 560062
24 favorite Melodies for two Flutes
Easy Instrumental Duets
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 676344
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602670
for: Cello, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 582844
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316650
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 316387
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316340
Une soirée sur les montagnes
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 761541
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 909378
for: Organ and Ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 1094226
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1356834
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301659
for: Orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1356830
for: Piano
Item no.: 287398
for: String orchestra
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 210813