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.
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557782
Single part(n)
Item no.: 281880
Antiphon
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 363870
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 363869
Wq 18
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: Harpsichord, strings
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424309
MH 14
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237824
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237745
(Fassung Maunder)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236885
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 236833
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236723
Missa pro defunctis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235429
Psalm 112
Dresden version – First Edition
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681062
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Bassinstrument
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Bass instrument in C (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675513
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587005
Single part Violin
Item no.: 587003
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 637626
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 150340
Offertorium pro omni tempore
Urtextausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 637859
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 464571
Single part 2
Item no.: 362958
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364407
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 232524
KV 197 (186e)
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234892
KV 33
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234865
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236002
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555506
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 219194
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4, Bass instrument
Item no.: 272801
Single part Trumpet 1, 2
Item no.: 218514
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 576349
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370596
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 359500
Praeclassica
Single part
Item no.: 421316
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444435
for: Trombone
Single part
Item no.: 493706
"Concert pour le clavecin ou piano forte a lusage du beaux sexe"
Corona - Werkreihe für Kammerorchester
for: Piano, strings
Single part
Item no.: 326988
for: Cello, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1346564
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772193
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772192
for: Harpsichord, piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497270
BR JCFB E 1
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234221
Erstausgabe bei Carus
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Cornetti, 2 Posaunen, Pauken, Violine (solo), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo)
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424868
Kantate zum Sonntag Oculi HoWV II.57
for: 3 soloists (STB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772212
Der Fromme stirbt HoWV I.4
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 487019
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797924
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 564917
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555574
Hob. I:8
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1017776