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.
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678996
für vier Soli, gemischten Chor, Harfe und Orgel (Violine, Klavier, Blechbläser ad lib.)
Musique sacrée francaise – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), harp, organ; violin, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, piano ad lib.
Single part Violin
Item no.: 676805
WAB 45
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670485
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1355006
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355010
Introduktion, Thema und Variationen für Oboe und Orchester
for: Oboe, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681562
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779175
for: Oboe, chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355026
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771658
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773246
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773245
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773244
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 773242
Windhaager Messe
for: Voice (alto), 2 horns, organ
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 237245
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235749
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 214757
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1316892
for: String orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693646
for: Flute, oboe, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 647104
for: Piano, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 560110
for: Piano, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 560108
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226551
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638356
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 632461
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 602009
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 602008
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1170126
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232243
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 482792
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425802
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, Electronium
Item no.: 221455
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 314421
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 314351
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
Item no.: 220738
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 221435
“Trumpet Overture"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 203989
Offertorium in C
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237955
für gem Chor und Symphonieorchester
Violine 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1136610
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430662
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429980
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430040
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430074
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Single part Violin
Item no.: 622674
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 737467
for: Voice (medium), string quartet [string orchestra]
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784352
Gratulations-Menuett
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783845
op. 77
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783748
for: Viola, orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 752181
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