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: Piano
Item no.: 560867
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 138113
First versions
New Liszt Edition Supplement 'B'
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 550068
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 155219
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040720
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1540150
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 140559
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 328843
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 258681
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
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for: Soprano Solo, SSA and Piano
Einzelstimme
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for: TTBB Choir and Piano
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 932711
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 895769
for: Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 620270
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 295189
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 167233
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164187
for: Organ 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 171991
for: Cello, piano
Book
Item no.: 170330
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 388832
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 388691
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383582
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 257405
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 164386
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156948
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Conductor score
Item no.: 640999
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 244766
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 194413
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 367448
for: Harp or Harps
Score
Item no.: 870609
for: Piano, Violin and Cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 857551
for: Piano 4 hands
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 350719
The 14 Stations of the Cross
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 183708
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 245542
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Item no.: 284871
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1672697
for: Viola, piano
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 183423
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360594
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360593
Potpourri
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689525
Auszüge aus den Enigma-Variationen
for: 8 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677889
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1677564
aus der Oper "La Traviata"
Edition Maulwurf
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass (nonet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677565
Antiphon
Edition Maulwurf
for: 3 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677725
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1682111
German Hornsound
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677755
Urtextausgabe
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1687890
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