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.
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for: für Flöte und Klavier
Item no.: 113706
für 3 Solostimmen, Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 205904
Mark Foster
for: SA[T]B
Choir score
Item no.: 1656607
Nr. 5 Ergebung
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 329432
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1121897
Ouvertüre
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392320
über ein Thema von Michail Glinka
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 358647
for: Clarinet choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 163408
for: Organ
Item no.: 160985
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 171117
"From the New World"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693651
14 Best-selling Pieces from the Band Series
Sounds Spectacular
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 691164
The Carnival of the Animals
for: Chamber ensemble
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773503
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1140259
Teil 1: Übertragung, Teil 2: Faksimile mit einem Nachwort und einem Register
Book (reprint)
Item no.: 1549067
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163743
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1203671
Pavane, Op. 50, Berceuse, Op. 16, Élègie, Op. 24
for: Cello Duet
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1203576
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 797000
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201224
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1344597
Heft 10
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418558
Choir score
Item no.: 1177498
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175026
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1173391
Eine 1861 entstandene kleine Motette
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 235607
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 564337
for: 5 saxophones (SAATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 487121
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 431729
D 460
Organ reduction
Item no.: 237963
for: Saxophone, piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 463990
Oper/Operette
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910225
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
Single part Viola
Item no.: 906023
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 647532
for: 4 HRN POS
Score, Parts
Item no.: 485383
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650159
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650142
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649563
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649559
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649554
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649550
for: Descant recorder, flute
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 778842
for: Descant recorder, flute
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 797230
Suite für Klarinettenchor
for: Clarinet choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 143746
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650217
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649621
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649614