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: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 210824
for: 6 wind instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 384635
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 378821
for: Piano
Item no.: 382236
for: 2 pianos 8 hands
Item no.: 482576
for: Cello, guitar
2 single parts
Item no.: 119089
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 106069
for: Flute, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 130527
for: Cello, piano
Single part Cello
Item no.: 130094
for: für Soli: Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Chor SATB, Orgel und Orchester Bass
Choir part
Item no.: 1135571
for: Piano
Item no.: 107906
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392458
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1544757
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1200483
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1199888
for: Flute, clarinet (A), 2 violins, viola, cello/double bass; 2 horns (D) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 745654
for: 4 Guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 586432
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 375335
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 867132
for: school orchestra
Piano conductor, orchestral parts
Item no.: 293238
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1212078
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1212039
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1211914
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1211900
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197490
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1212271
for: 4 Klarinetten
Book
Item no.: 868350
for: 2-Part Treble Voices and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903470
for: Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 888335
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211973
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 328285
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326263
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326262
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 278499
Version of 1851
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229338
Version of 1851
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229336
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 210420
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189524
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189521
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185174
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 185169
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 184213
Overture to the Music to Shakespeare's Comedy
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 166975
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 159029
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 154147
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 147310
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770628
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 622857
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
