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.
Schott Archive
for: Flöte, Violine, Horn (Violoncello) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 740424
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 740306
Kreisler original compositions
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 722655
from "The Nutcracker"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 725002
op. 9
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 735647
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 743701
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 739252
Edition Schott
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 784283
from: Tosca
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759660
Kompositionen für Gitarre und Streichinstrumente
for: Violin, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 759573
op. posth
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 761364
op. 83
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 781303
"Pastorale"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 753243
op. 19/5
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 752422
for: Voices, flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210463
for: 2 flutes [violins], guitar
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5449
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 5892
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3254
for: 2 violins, cello [bass instrument]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3154
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1861
for: 3 voices (SMezT), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1633
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2678
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2559
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2469
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 4958
for: 2 oboes [clarinets]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4836
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 2253
für Kornett (Klarinette) und Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 372892
Lyric book
Item no.: 171348
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1200650
for: Cornet [trumpet] (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 241143
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778493
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Piano reduction
Item no.: 473249
Concert Etudes for one or two flutes
for: 1–2 flutes
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1582019
Edited from the original edition
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 656275
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1009369
for: 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano (quintet)
Item no.: 343954
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1551
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 5998
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 636449
Opera in one act
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 777817
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197891
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 311840
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 157246
for: Soli SSAA, Chor SSAA, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1336619
Concert-Etude III
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724078
for: Oboe, bassoon, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 618336
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019777
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