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.
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 177469
for: Viola
Single part Viola
Item no.: 232520
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232518
"Theresienmesse"
Urtext nach der Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 214011
Frühe Streicherfassung und spätere Fassung mit Blasinstrumenten und Pauken
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (SS), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 609063
Praeclassica
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421320
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 207551
Heft 8: Werke von Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Spohr
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215417
Heft 8: Werke von Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Spohr
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215416
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687410
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687407
Single part
Item no.: 384169
Missa pro defunctis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235431
KV 125
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235076
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Violone, Orgel)
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424116
Passions-Oratorium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424062
Passions-Oratorium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 423936
Divertimento 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236407
KV 197 (186e)
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234894
KV 33
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234867
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236728
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236727
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
auf der Grundlage des 1980 wiederaufgefundenen Autographs
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Trumpet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236726
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236688
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236659
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236649
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1629050
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689552
Rondo
for: 2 violins, basso continuo, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234499
BR-JEB F 12
F-Dur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1654496
Messa delle Benedicenza in C
Kirchenmusik der Wiener Klassik
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228991
Admonter Messe MH 530
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695793
Die Geschichte des Leidens und Sterbens unseres Heilandes Jesu Christi nach der Beschreibung des Evanglisten Marcus HoWV I.10
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772604
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 232678
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232362
(Bariton-Trio Nr. 73)
eingerichtet für Blockflötenchor
for: Recorder ensemble
Single part Tenor recorder
Item no.: 261085
for: Harpsichord [piano], chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355231
for: 2 recorders, chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355210
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355127
for: Oboe, chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355032
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354937
for: Trumpet, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 657918
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634972
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 274908
for: Soloists, mixed choir, chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 178478
for: Clarinet, chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355429
for: 2 horns, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355372
for: Oboe, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355367