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: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 344837
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118935
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316217
from Die Walküre
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 738384
from Coppélia
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722357
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722343
from The Carnival of the Animals
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722305
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722297
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722265
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722263
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1689400
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1589534
for: Piano, Voice, Medium Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1589487
for: Guitar, Piano, Violin
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589084
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612485
2nd Movement
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759095
from Nabucco
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759093
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759082
from Lakmé
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759078
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 268828
According to the first print of the parts, which appeared in 1931 from Amsterdam publishers G. Alsbach.
for: Flute, oboe, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 635180
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036806
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Organ reduction
Item no.: 332489
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 330507
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958299
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 673060
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 486799
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 366274
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 177288
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 577085
Evening Blessing from the Fairy-Tale Opera "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: 2 voices, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 356796
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163676
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103307
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105442
Klassik
for: Unison Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103265
Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: Marimba
Book
Item no.: 1106877
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915659
Hinshaw Music
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1634864
divided into fifteen Lessons with an Appendix
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 775458
National Edition
for: Piano
Study score
Item no.: 1637386
Gesamtausgabe
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677327
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235658
Urtext Collection (Carisch)
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 163401
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 583568
Item no.: 381431
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982790
Klassik
for: Trombone and Tuba
Buch
Item no.: 1176499
Tp186
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962200