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: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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National Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
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Music score
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for: Cello
Music lesson book
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all Swiss-inspired character pieces by Liszt into a single volume
Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Cello
Music score, CD
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for: Clarinet
Music score
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for piano
with notes on the interpretation by Alfred Cortot
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Violin
Music score
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European Choral Music of the 19th Century
for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano
Single edition
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for: Voice
Piano reduction
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, piano, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
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for: Chamber orchestra
Study score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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Music score
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book
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for: Flute
Music score
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Music score
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Music lesson book
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for: Cello
Music score
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Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: Trumpet
Music lesson book, online audio
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Music score
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for: Cello
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Music score
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Music score
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Music score, CD
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Piano reduction
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Tuba
Music lesson book
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for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
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Piano reduction
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for: Cello
Music score
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Symphony-Cantata
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Violin
Music score
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