Whether you are after works like Debussy’s rich, sweeping portrayal of the sea, La Mer, or Mascagni’s passionate tale a woman betrayed, Cavalleria Rusticana, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonders and marvels of impressionism and verismo today!
The subtle blurring of a picture, the scenting and illuminating of the world around us, the radiant purity of impression, this was the path of a group of young French artists lead by Claude Monet, whose painting “Impression – Soleil Levant” gave this artistic movement its name, and its purpose.
Impressionism in music mirrors the artistic movement, using atmospheric tonality to blur the pictures, clear melodies clouded by complex harmony, using chromaticism, whole-tone rows and exotic scales, but above all, introducing bold and inventive instrumentation, to create new sound impressions and varied, contrasting moods.
Verismo, which comes from the Latin “verus” or truth, is a clear move away from the romantic tradition of using tales from the past, with an emphasis on story-telling, and instead focusing on reality, and a true representation of human character and emotion. Verismo is the Italian Operatic antithesis of the German mythological operatic movement of Richard Wagner, and his new form of musical theatre. Verismo operas are characterised by their impressive, dramatic musical portrayal of realistic, modern themes from everyday life, with a great contrast between the light and the dark human characters, qualities and emotions.
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1366016
for: Alto saxophone, orchestra
Score
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for: Guitar Orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Oboe, Horn and Harpsichord
Score, Parts
Item no.: 603768
Klassik
for: Chamber ensemble
Book
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 779493
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Opera
Buch
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 3
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 796876
Klassik
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1117858
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Suite d'Orchestre
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922621
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 866842
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 864804
Transcription Pour Deux Pianos Par Lucien Garban
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 890277
aus Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans, No. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136588
Score
Item no.: 254210
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254089
for: Voice, 15 instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1558564
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for: Piano
Piano Solo
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Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Score
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for: 5 saxophones (SAATBar)
Score, Parts
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for: Panpipe, piano
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
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for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Violin
Sheet music
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1200845
Nr. 1 aus “Trois Chansons de Charles d’Orléans“
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136548
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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