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.
String Symphony MWV N 8
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555629
String Symphony MWV N 3
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555329
String Symphony MWV N 2
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370806
String Symphony MWV N 6
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 336249
String Symphony MWV N 4
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 191825
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043604
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 432663
Tragic Symphony
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 565461
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 558004
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 558002
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364400
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 276581
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373525
for: SATB, Alto Solo
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152160
for: VL ZUPFORCHESTER
Score
Item no.: 130876
for: 2 violins
Single part(n)
Item no.: 287422
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540946
for: Piano and String Quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1541113
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1153916
for: Soprano Solo, SATB and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154561
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215808
for: Violin, orchestra
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 264388
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1540529
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1611423
Item no.: 581898
for: Voice (alto)
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 331997
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 309073
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 309062
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 309061
for: 2 VL VA KB (VC)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 188846
for: Piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 128238
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score
Item no.: 314791
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1158158
for: SATB and Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159563
Fragment aus Goethes "Harzreise im Winter" (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 241464
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1690257
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1668016
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1681627
(Ausgabe ohne Posaunenstimmen)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 3 trombones, organ
Item no.: 1670855
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part (Organ solo)
Item no.: 1669218
Op. 147
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1697119
über Themen von Anton Bruckner
for: Concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1670098
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1137873
Choir score
Item no.: 1177347
Mezzo Soprano Baryton
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1140330
aus der Operette "Der Vogelhändler"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 685461
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913747
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: Male choir (TTBB), Brass winds
Choir score
Item no.: 689993