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.
Edition Schott
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Music score
Item no.: 729706
KV 618
for: Melody instrument (C), organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1550
Arie des Orféo aus "Orféo ed Euridice" (Wiener Fassung)
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/alto), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1365
bearbeitet für Streichtrio
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3097
Arie des Sarastro (mit Männerchor) aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1482
aus der "Krönungsmesse", KV 317
bearbeitet für Singstimme und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Voice (high), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2456
Arietta des Cherubino aus der Oper "Le Nozze di Figaro"
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1753
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1051054
Adelaide
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 796532
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 749065
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 732099
for: Alphorn (G-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271633
Hob. XVIIa:1
for: Piano 4 hands
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4556
aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen, Fantasien, Versetten, Fughetten und Fugen" (Heft 3, Nr. 9)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4860
für zwei Manuale zur Abwechslung des Forte und Piano
Nr. 7, aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen ..." Band 1
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4496
Londoner Trio Nr. 1
for: 2 flutes [violins], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2414
Edition Schott
for: Oboe (Flöte, Violine) und Basso continuo (Cembalo, Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 747343
Schlusschor aus der 9. Sinfonie ("Europahymne")
leicht bearbeitet für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2034
aus "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
bearbeitet für Solo-Sopran und Orgel
for: Voice (soprano), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 4034
Newly engraved from early editions
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 760159
op. 9, Nr. 2
for: Viola, cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1191
Arietta
aus A. Parisottis "Arie antiche"
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2467
Arranged from the Adagio from Clarinet Concerto KV 622
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 761376
nach dem Original für 2 Barytone und Bass
for: 3 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 754316
Rezitativ und Arie (Zerlina) aus der Oper "Don Giovanni"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 2128
Nr. 1 aus "Muntre und angenehme Orgelstücke im eleganten Stil, durch die gebräuchlichsten Durtonarten"
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4420
Duett (Pamina, Papageno) aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte"
for: 2 voices (sbar), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1544
from Holberg Suite
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759070
Am
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036149
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027241
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722290
Rezitativ und Arie der Susanna aus der Oper "Le Nozze di Figaro"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1562
Edition Schott
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 746650
Heft 1
for: Bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1548901
for Viola and Orchestra
for: Viola, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 748764
6 Sonatas
for: Violoncello (Fagott) und Basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 748848
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3838
aus Gradus ad parnassum
for: Accordion
Sheet music
Item no.: 1116
transkribiert für Violine / Flöte und Violoncello / Fagott
(Orig. in B für Fagott und Violoncello)
for: Violin [flute], cello [bassoon]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3440
from Op. 1, Op. 2, Op. 5
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 743943
Motette
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337282
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo, [Posaunen (3)]
Score
Item no.: 1337212
for: Soli SSA, Chor SSA, Violinen (2), Basso continuo, [Hörner (2)]
Score
Item no.: 1337128
Movements by Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 741329
Edition Schott
for: Cello, strings, harpsichord
Piano reduction
Item no.: 741295
pour deux flûtes, ou deux violons & guitarre, op. 68
for: 2 flutes [violins], guitar
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5449
a cinque con diversi canoni, KV 89
for: 5 voices
Score
Item no.: 5882
WoO 15, für zwei Violinen und Bass
for: 2 violins, cello [bass instrument]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3154