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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 820420
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 820336
for: Vocal Solo and Choir
Book
Item no.: 819438
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 819233
for: Orff Instruments
Book
Item no.: 1178422
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1178327
for: Flute
Score
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for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 851979
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 851159
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 851151
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 564598
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 370777
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 852836
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 852834
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 852724
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 852723
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 852231
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 853315
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 821619
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1008150
"Scottish"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 551953
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1703944
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 865922
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 865857
for: Alto Voice
Score
Item no.: 865689
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 865576
for: Accordion
Score
Item no.: 865226
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 864759
for: Band Music
Score
Item no.: 864430
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 864198
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 863651
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 863540
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 863285
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 863229
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 862813
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 868697
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 868493
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 868315
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 868283
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 868161
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 867869
for: Cello or 2 Celli and Piano
Score
Item no.: 866805
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 866526
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 886399
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 886328
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 886115
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 886093