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: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 890051
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1001317
for: Brass band
Score
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Opt. Choir
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958514
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Book, CD
Item no.: 981981
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Men's Choir [TTBB] and Piano
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
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for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 812208
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 802754
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775749
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962308
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962265
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962220
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962092
Lyric book
Item no.: 318336
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317494
Lyric book
Item no.: 318287
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1101196
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 626231
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1198882
for: Tenor trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 696326
Lyric book
Item no.: 318285
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318164
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318179
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 881803
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101569
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893826
M.S. 80
Critical Edition
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 768826
for: Voice (high/medium/low), piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 311703
for: Concert band
Score
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for: Blechbläserquintett und Orgel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957228
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317691
for: Men's Choir [TTBB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101099
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 428268
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) Flöte (opt.) und Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 1628413
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 875409
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 335916
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