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.
Overture
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 734469
Music from the last movement of the Ninth Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 741686
Vorspiel des 1. Aufzuges mit angefügtem Schluss des 3. Aufzuges
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 725991
Waltz
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 757298
Waltz
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 757289
Waltz
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin obligato
Item no.: 757279
Waltz
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin obligato
Item no.: 757267
from "Hoffmanns Erzählungen"
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 757182
Overture
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 757174
Liebesgruß
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 757162
Liebesgruß
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 757158
Walzer
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin obligato
Item no.: 757139
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 757119
Overture
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin obligato
Item no.: 757108
op. 437
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 757104
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 206615
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 667097
for: GES-T (A)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 307620
for: Piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 131428
for: Voice, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 473173
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655365
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672684
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
Item no.: 222139
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion solo
Item no.: 222965
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 222962
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 144750
Single part Viola
Item no.: 189095
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557496
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355304
for: Harp, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355269
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355013
for: Flute, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1031523
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
Item no.: 221180
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2, 3, 4 (Bass instrument)
Item no.: 221019
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 220584
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, Electronium, Percussion
Item no.: 221412
for: Guitar, string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 154373
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1170134
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695403
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343040
for: Voice (medium), string quartet [string orchestra]
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1545898
for: Voice (medium), string quartet [string orchestra]
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1545650
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 226552
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1316890
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673796
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672686
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 602010
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355246
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