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: Oboe, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 254952
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344835
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621026
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 392876
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163194
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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für Flöte und Klavier
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Soprano
for: Voice (soprano)
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 776065
for: Organ
Item no.: 157405
New Critical Edition from the Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft, Vienna
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 342119
(Urtext)
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287131
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229317
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 432907
for: Organ
Music score
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for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 558199
for: Piano 6 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 443586
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1202
Oratorio
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558777
Fingering by the composer
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 367505
Version for Violoncello
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613318
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
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"American Quartet"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1534720
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Sheet music, audio files
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for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4420
for: Flute, guitar
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for: Classical guitar
Music score
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for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 158582
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat), piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
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"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, 2 pianos
Piano reduction, 3 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 603978
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113526
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: 2 cellos
Item no.: 200321
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 244415
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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Versions 1913 and 1931
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679499
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 401161
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