Few artistic movements have changed people’s perception of the world as much as classicism. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself all the wonderful music of the classical period.
In music, the Classical Period saw a departure from complex, contrapuntal polyphony, to the beginnings of a simpler homophonic structure, to melody and accompaniment. Polyphony however was not forgotten; all the major composers continued to use polyphony from time to time, and some of the most exciting classical movements use the modern fugue. A good example is Mozart’s Requiem, or Beethoven’s Great Fugue String Quartet Op.133.
The most important music form which came from the classical period is undoubtedly Sonata Form. Sonata Form is an elaborate structure that represents the ultimate pursuit of perfection in music. Sonata Form became the basis of all important musical works of the time: Concertos, Symphonies, Sonatas, and String Quartets. Through the progressive works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Opera developed out of the The Baroque Period, into the diverse classical form, with Opera Buffa and Opera Seria, serious or comic opera, championed by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Through the Classical Period, the piano overtook the harpsichord, and quickly became one of the most popular solo instruments, and certainly the most important accompaniment instrument. The orchestra grew, and new instruments such as the clarinet and contrabasson were added, and many other instruments developed, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, and became more virtuosic due to the new modern valve systems. Towards the end of the 18th century, however, many baroque instruments, like the harpsichord, which had been firm favourites of the The Baroque Period, were becoming more and more redundant.
Praeclassica
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421407
Praeclassica
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421287
Praeclassica
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421260
Heft 10: Salzburger Nachtmusik II
for: Youth string orchestra
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429629
Heft 10: Salzburger Nachtmusik II
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429625
für Kaiserin Marie Therese
Hob. XXIIIc:2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1557263
für ATTB-Blockflöten
for: TBFL 2
Single part(n)
Item no.: 549444
Nagels Musik-Archiv
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 873001
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 872306
Prae Classica
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421836
"Le Midi"
With 2 violino and 1 violoncello concertato
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 879956
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797435
Reformationskantate
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691359
Konzert für Cembalo und Kammerorchester
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 657622
Heft 12: Sinfonia D-Dur (Hertel)
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 330080
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355580
for: Oboe [flute], string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355390
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1355185
Hob. I:47
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611464
for: Violin, cello, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 727095
ergänzt und herausgegeben von Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Basso continuo
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 672049
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696001
Urtext of the Joseph Haydn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695431
Nagels Musik-Archiv
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 874612
Hob. XXIVb:11
for: für Bariton (Bass) und Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1135307
Hob. XXIVb:9
for: Sopran und Orchester Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 1135226
Hob. XXXIc:5
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1135111
"Loudon"
Haydn-Mozart Presse
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1134932
Hob. XXVIII:7 Nr. 6
for: für Tenor und Orchester Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 1134870
Hob. I:75
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1135421
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 303755
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 222059
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 221468
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 278928
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 225117
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 206343
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1025068
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 665793
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421266
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596328
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596233
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596227
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1595951
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1595941
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1582070
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1566918
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1017774
for: Flute, oboe, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632460