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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 214559
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1343710
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
1-3, D 384, 385, 408
Urtext der Neuen Schubert-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116944
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4027
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128169
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409803
"When at night I go to sleep" from "Hansel and Gretel"
for: Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 738103
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607224
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781740
für Pianoforte, Klarinette (oder Violine) und Horn (oder Viola)
for: Clarinet [violin], horn [viola], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 495590
original version 1878
Anton Bruckner Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409802
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 586170
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 130180
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 344954
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 369296
for: Bassoon, piano
Item no.: 205842
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128212
A Selection
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582646
Complete edition of the shorter sacred music for choir and ensembles
Musique sacrée française
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 425526
Second Version (1878) with the 1880 Finale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409801
Easy Piano Pieces
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401099
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664059
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 677770
with marked and unmarked string parts
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 141769
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 295238
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344072
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607821
Critical Edition of the Chamber Music volume 4
Clothbound
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score (Hardcover), single parts
Item no.: 226447
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 141819
for: Piano
Book
Item no.: 224861
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: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 601583
High Voice
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564550
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 330404
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779477
His most beautiful piano pieces in a collection
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 682566
for orchestra
New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196857
Symphony cantata MWV A 18
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1641236
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774788
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316206
Collection Quintette Moragues
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 150163
adapted for Great Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762529
for violin, cello and guitar
for: Violin, cello, guitar
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 607504
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358989
for: Flute, cello, piano
Item no.: 359501
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