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.
Lyric book
Item no.: 306836
Selected from the Vocalises of Marco Bordogni
for: Bass trombone
Music score
Item no.: 141974
for: Bassoon
Music lesson book
Item no.: 745564
Arrangement for Narrator and Brass Ensemble
Simrock Original Edition
for: Narrator, brass ensemble (7 parts)
Lyric book
Item no.: 194077
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 692775
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 914430
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 619892
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 189555
for: Voice (low), piano
Score
Item no.: 656134
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 462767
Three Modern Greek Poems
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 668583
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 1541371
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 266375
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 157415
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256747
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256744
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 198045
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374965
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256738
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 205110
Easy pieces for the Pianoforte
Edition with Preface and Editorial Notes
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 184840
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 198558
1st and 2nd Versions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256609
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256758
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 554852
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 169990
for: Voice (low), piano
Buch
Item no.: 558661
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 769944
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 334281
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 814590
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 931243
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 467814
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 444138
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318130
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665561
HPS 7
for: Voice (alto), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1690122
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1702493
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 322975
A Symphony-Cantata after Texts from the Holy Scriptures
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695978
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235658
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 601371
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 610223
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340622
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1093131
"Choral Fantasy"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 690029
Version for Soli, Choir, Brass quintet and organ
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, organ
Score
Item no.: 666649
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664968
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677327
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