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: Violin, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 351644
Bearbeitung für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 445368
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 385491
Concerto 5-6, Vol. III (Partitur)
arranged from Harpsichord Sonatas
for: Violinen (2), Streicher (1. Violine, 2. Violine, Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Cembalo)
Score
Item no.: 485180
nach dem Original für 2 Barytone und Bass
for: 3 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 754316
In Two Books
(Nos. 6–9)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316457
6 Sonatenop. 20
for: Violoncello (Fagott) und Basso continuo
Item no.: 355663
(Urtext)
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287131
H.484.1 (Wq 22)
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630315
Eine deutsche Oper in zwei Aufzügen
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196723
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 143231
Leicht darstellbare Ein-, Auszugs-und Zugabestücke aus Barock, Klassik und Romantik
for: Organ (manuals, ped. ad lib)
Music score
Item no.: 1613364
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
New Critical Edition
Op. 16 to 22
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025078
for: Organ
Item no.: 473216
Urtext from: Joseph Haydn Werke, G. Henle Verlag München
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664729
for: Oboe, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 493027
"Triple Concerto"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, cello, 2 pianos
Piano reduction, 3 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 603978
"Jupiter Symphony"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116448
für Klarinette und Orchester
Ausgabe für Klarinette und Klavier
ars instrumentalis 028
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 109090
Edition for Clarinet and Piano
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 379411
New Completion
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340581
Easy Piano Pieces
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 401099
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401302
Duett (Pamina, Papageno) aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte"
for: 2 voices (sbar), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1544
New Critical Edition
Op. 23 to 28
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1025077
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696041
G 506
'La Casa del Diavolo'
Doblinger's Classical Music Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 282669
Ouverture
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280821
Original: Solosonate für Flauto traverso
Blockflötenmusik
for: Treble recorder
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117697
für Flöte, Viola (Violine) und Klavier
for: Flute, viola [violin], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 635168
around 40 choral settings for SATB, some with piano accompaniment
editionchor
- Graduated prices on request -
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 682691
for: school orchestra
Book
Item no.: 327667
Reprint of the Marquerie Frères, Paris, 1838 edition
Dover Vocal Scores
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 314015
from 'Versuch uber die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen'
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118978
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 367777
from Opus 16
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 360163
Critical Commentary for BA 9030, TP 930, BA 9033 and TP 933
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 692982
easy arragements for children's ensemble
for: Flexible ensemble (2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat), cello [double bass/bassoon], piano; percussion ad lib.)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 192416
Signature Series (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 642362
from "Sister Act 2 – Back In The Habit"
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 467073
Vortragsstücke aus der bekannten Oper kinderleicht bearbeitet für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 199754
from Holberg Suite
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759070
für Violine solo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 645204
Intermezzo giocoso
for: Voice (bass/baritone), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 112327
A flat maj, Wq. 49/2, B min, Wq. 55/3, F maj, Wq. 55/5, F min, Wq. 57/6, C min, Wq. 60
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118929
Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era 17
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 208206