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: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488344
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 138108
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 854286
for: Clarinet, bassoon, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675217
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201624
for: SSAATTBB
Choir score
Item no.: 1085486
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 628998
Final Version 1906
additional part
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781357
Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 777064
Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 777063
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1650783
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 745487
for: Chamber ensemble
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689627
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1558811
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1634113
for: sinfonisches Orchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 106894
for: Choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 106888
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 685163
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 690176
for: 2 pianos
Study score
Item no.: 1541352
for: Piano
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 645990
for: Piano
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 638809
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 621740
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 900377
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 911988
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 911443
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358958
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358957
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358836
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358779
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 817014
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 891523
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 910219
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 909950
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681513
for: 3 Tenor Trombones
Buch
Item no.: 914146
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 207283
for: Cello, orchestra
Klavierauszug mit Solostimme
Item no.: 429395
for: Flute, string orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 643447
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 899489
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 893476
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864136
for: Soloist (tenor), women's choir, horn (E-flat), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 695323
for: Voice (tenor/soprano), piano [male choir (TTBB), 3 horns]
Choir score
Item no.: 768746
for: Male choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 645588
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 643704
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