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
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 561020
for orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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for: String orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
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for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 145361
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 409209
Flötenkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 193581
Flötenkonzert (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Flute, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 191801
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 636142
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631533
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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Urtext nach der Mendelsohn Gesamtausgabe (LMA (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493550
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
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Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340539
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332671
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 183595
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Violin, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443037
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Violin, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Cello, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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"Rosamunde"
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345197
"Rosamunde"
Overture
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345196
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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"Reformation Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
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Double bass (orchestral part)
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Double bass (orchestral part)
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Viola (orchestral part)
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Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Voice (tenor), piano
Vokalpartitur
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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14 Best-selling Pieces from the Band Series
Sounds Spectacular
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Bass clarinet (B-flat)
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for: Clarinet
Item no.: 577087
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
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Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
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for: Chamber orchestra
Score
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for: Piano
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for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
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for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und Keyboard
Item no.: 1621050
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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for: gemischter Chor dreistimmig
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