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: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir part Soprano 2
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for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Male choir
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Violin, string orchestra
Set of parts (Strings)
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for: Piano
Sammelband, Partitur
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for: String orchestra
Set of parts
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Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
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Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695406
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 695405
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 342812
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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"The Great"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215258
for: Brass ensemble, organ
Single part Horn
Item no.: 496731
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1203680
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Urtext based on the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Male choir
Choir score
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for: Piano, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
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Breitkopf Urtext
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Viola (orchestral part)
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"The" piano concerto in Urtext – In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag
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Double bass (orchestral part)
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violin concert
Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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The first definitive author's version – In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag
for: Cello, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 487271
The first definitive author's version – In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag
for: Cello, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
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Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Violin, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
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for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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Operette in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
Lyric book
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for: Violin, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
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Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Piano, orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Organ
Single part Organ
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for: 3 recorders (SSA)
Ensemble score
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for: Flexible Woodwind Ensemble
Score
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