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.
"Resurrection"
New revised edtion based on the Critical Edition of 2010. A separate textbook with historical essays and a critical report in German and English is enclosed
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 579442
A Selection
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582646
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 677770
Second Version (1878) with the 1880 Finale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409801
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 295238
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401088
Easy Piano Pieces
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401099
Critical Edition of the Chamber Music volume 4
Clothbound
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (Hardcover), single parts
Item no.: 226447
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 695133
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607821
Edition from the first edition.
Provided with notes on the practical use
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125096
for Violoncello and Orchestra
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 421857
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401375
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260778
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 330404
High Voice
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564550
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779477
Volume 1 and 2
First Publication
for: Piano
2 music scores
Item no.: 393465
for orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196857
His most beautiful piano pieces in a collection
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 682566
Symphony cantata MWV A 18
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1641236
for: Viola, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 477627
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316206
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201324
Collection Quintette Moragues
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 150163
for: Flute, cello, piano
Item no.: 359501
for: Solo voices, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 416704
for: 2 pianos
Piano score
Item no.: 378356
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388499
2. Fassung 1877
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409798
Book
Item no.: 173321
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486509
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683416
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647748
Edition Schott
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 748849
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Parts (2)
Item no.: 200246
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409804
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 337599
for: 2 clarinets (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 109072
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
Item no.: 796115
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3406
for: Voice [melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1414
by G. Paisiello (from 'L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara')
for: Clarinet, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656702
Transcription
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750203
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 208880
for: Bassoon
Score
Item no.: 257310