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: Opera
Book
Item no.: 416701
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 658467
for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 615166
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 173991
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 192068
from Suite Bergamasque
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722242
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 629100
for: Voice (high), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 207494
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 226944
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 331504
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 677221
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 601583
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279260
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 499329
for: Oboe [flute], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198272
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 261881
Pre-elementary level
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 288626
50 Popular Classics in Easy Arrangements
for: Violin, piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 663159
for: Clarinet (B-flat)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 635778
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 192906
A New Critical Edition
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 738575
Edition Schott
for: Gesang, Flöte, Violine, Violoncello und Klavier
Score
Item no.: 755191
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1479390
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 642710
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 628311
Revised and with the addition of a practice method by Fernand Gillet
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 266636
for: Voice (high), piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 388992
Book
Item no.: 259658
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: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 342848
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316342
Complete Solfeggi Collection
for: Trombone
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 606714
for: Flute, harp
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163675
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 475830
für Gesang und Klavier (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice, piano
Songbook
Item no.: 134788
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260620
for: Piano, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 649417
from Suite Bergamasque
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732073
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 153535
Alto-Bass
for: Voice (low), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766815
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 328572
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 622704
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423067
for: Classical guitar
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 119064
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 131270
Elementary Level
Modern Accordion Study
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 221063
for horn
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 393010
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 423010