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: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 443587
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 245931
for: 1–3 cellos
2 Scores for playing, Playback-CD
Item no.: 664668
English version by P. Catty
Book (reprint)
Item no.: 140556
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 444129
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318161
for: Violin
Buch + CD
Item no.: 477338
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 975627
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 388444
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1636212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 235861
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 962355
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 562315
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 285354
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 395134
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674555
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697259
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781480
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316200
for piano solo
Separate Edition from the New Liszt Complete Critical Edition
for: Piano
Item no.: 184916
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360112
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 649886
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 629867
op. 89
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1557187
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256606
New edition with supplementary exercises
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 382325
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1018364
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 117787
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 617050
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 615166
Lyric book
Item no.: 318295
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 609918
Edition for Violin and Piano
Standard Violin Student Repertoire – Masterfully taught by Zakhar Bron
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, DVD
Item no.: 562316
from the opera "Der Freischütz"
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 317528
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 499329
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 962108
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 192068
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279260
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: Trombone in C [euphonium]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 433805
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 331504
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 324223
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 173991
for: Oboe [flute], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198272
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 471124
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 195080
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316240
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 376854
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