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: SATB/Soli
Choir score
Item no.: 985260
for: Ensemble in variabler Besetzung
Partitur und Stimmen
Item no.: 268572
for: Symphonic orchestra
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 868789
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 393682
Overture
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391844
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 287619
with Scherzo from the Octet MWV R 20
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Piano (four hands); violin, cello ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 141374
Edited from the sources and provided with commentary and fingering
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 223831
for: 3 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559014
for: Piano
Spielbuch
Item no.: 861692
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 775360
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985696
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985689
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985626
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985609
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985539
für 8-stimmigen gemischten Chor und Bläser
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), wind ensemble
Score
Item no.: 191271
Ouverture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1680206
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 129717
for: Percussion ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1535370
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 632128
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298753
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 690968
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 688938
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 688697
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664456
for: Accordion
Item no.: 102242
aus der Oper "La Molinara" von Giovanni Paisiello
for: Flute, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 238154
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 224173
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360594
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 663248
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 401457
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 343567
50 Daily Exercises
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 359333
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391875
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1479650
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 462351
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 615202
for: 2 trombones
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 255858
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 255757
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 255491
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 227953
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 667004
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 142160
for: String Orchestra and opt. Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 915594
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197514
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 431707
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