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.
Klassik
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291222
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252895
for: Alto saxophone, piano
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Item no.: 1252870
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
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for: 4 bassoons
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for: 8 clarinets
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for: 2 baritone horns, 2 euphoniums, 4 tubas
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252430
for: Percussion Ensemble
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Item no.: 1252424
for: Solo for Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & Orchestra
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Item no.: 1251466
for: Euphonium, piano
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Item no.: 1251289
for: Bass trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1251271
for: Violin, piano
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Item no.: 1251266
for: Piccolo, piano
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Item no.: 1251202
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1251142
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
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for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1251063
for: Tuba, piano
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Item no.: 1251056
for: Oboe, piano
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Item no.: 1250781
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
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Item no.: 1250778
for: Trumpet, piano
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Item no.: 1250775
for: Trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1250772
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250767
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1250759
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1250757
for: Piccolo, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250718
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1250709
for: 4 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones, Tuba, Drums & Speaker
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265857
for: Brass quintet
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Item no.: 1265828
for: 4 brass instruments
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Item no.: 1265691
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265679
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1575001
for: Soprano Saxophone Solo or with Piano accompaniment optional
Sheet music
Item no.: 1574348
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1277352
for: 4 trumpets [4 cornets]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1277349
for: 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1277345
for: Voice (soprano) (melody instrument], 2 harps
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530174
Piano / Guitar / Percussion optional
for: 2 baritone horns, 2 euphoniums, 4 tubas
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309073
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308770
A Selection from 100 Songs of the Masters of the 17th - 19th Centuries
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 379102
Frankfurter Blockfloetenhefte 15
for: 2 descant recorders
Item no.: 394259
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117236
for: Cello [violin], piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1651356
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904021
Hinshaw Sacred
for: SATB, Soprano descant and Opt. Congregation, Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058735
Alto Saxophone & Klavier
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593872
Violine & Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593759
Keyboard & Drum Set optional
for: 5 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 590417
Keyboard & Drum Set optional
for: String quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 590335