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: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 359631
all Swiss-inspired character pieces by Liszt into a single volume
Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684326
for: Piano, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 649417
für Gesang und Klavier (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice, piano
Songbook
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for horn
for: Horn
Music score
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Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 609914
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 153535
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 342848
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316342
Complete Solfeggi Collection
for: Trombone
Music score (spiral binding)
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for: Flute, harp
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163675
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 111712
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
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from Suite Bergamasque
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732073
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 622704
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665557
Alto-Bass
for: Voice (low), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766815
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 136693
for: Classical guitar
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 119064
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 971581
for: Cello
Music score, CD
Item no.: 884191
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 185508
for piano
with notes on the interpretation by Alfred Cortot
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 345722
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 681625
European Choral Music of the 19th Century
for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 669167
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 967928
for: Flute
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 131641
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669454
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 578895
for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 666900
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 696499
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 667079
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1011307
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 306791
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318153
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 401595
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 299268
for: Voice (low), piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 444682
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book, online audio
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803719
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 971633
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 326733
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