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.
op. 89
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1596319
for: Flute, organ
Item no.: 1646264
Violin Repertoire
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1348137
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817208
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817207
Version von 1900 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580476
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 964660
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 120958
Vier Kompositionen für große Orgel (Ecole d'Orgue)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 248252
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 429164
for: 2 violins
2 single parts
Item no.: 376042
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 903263
for: Flute, piano
Book
Item no.: 842889
for: SAATTBB a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 900097
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849381
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 844093
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 844064
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020892
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1701701
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 948671
Daehn Publications
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1060042
from "Suite Gothique" op. 25
Daehn Publications
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1031822
Prologue & Intermezzo
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1070112
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020931
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1066535
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1066447
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1065225
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1015663
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021315
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 941398
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 941186
for: Voice (medium)
Book
Item no.: 939684
Single part Violin
Item no.: 937384
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936584
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936579
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 945678
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 946831
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 560273
für Frauenchor und Klavier Chorpartitur
for: Women's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 647074
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972233
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 990086
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1062992
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018043
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1010325
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1067102
for: 4 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1064579