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: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Score
Item no.: 353721
Transcription for 10 wind instruments by Jean Francaix
for: Wind ensemble (10 instruments)
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 353686
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 161134
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 167546
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 157273
Complemented by the String Quartet in C major D 46D 72
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 151297
for: Piano
Item no.: 209700
for: Piano
Item no.: 351545
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 351489
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 351483
for: gemischter Chor (unisono, Volksgesang) mit Orgel oder kleinem Orchester
Organ reduction
Item no.: 351367
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 287674
for: Piano
Item no.: 287673
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 287619
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 287564
for: 4 violins
Set of parts
Item no.: 287517
for: Piano
Item no.: 287398
for Advanced Pupils
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 359989
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288422
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1546066
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 288358
for: Piano
Item no.: 288165
for: Accordion
Item no.: 288029
for: Voice, organ
Item no.: 287848
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 1013708
for: Violin, organ
Item no.: 287809
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 287803
for: Orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1586187
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1356767
for: Orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1356754
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 471121
for: Violin, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 468011
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767969
Item no.: 429888
for: Cello, strings
Study score
Item no.: 554673
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 1545811
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613378
for: Piano
Item no.: 610157
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 487872
for: Violin, guitar
Book
Item no.: 173542
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 866874
Piano reduction
Item no.: 868232
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156317
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 138538
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 300347
for: Piano 4 hands
Buch
Item no.: 283773
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 283765
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 283733
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