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.
from Quintet in A, K. 581
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388898
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 749725
Edition Schott
for: Oboe, 3 Hörner in Es und Fagott
Score
Item no.: 741301
Soprano
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1013353
for alto saxophone and piano (organ)
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 594718
Drexel Manuscript 5871 und British Library London, Add.31697
Collegium Musicum – Kölner Reihe Alter Musik
Ausgabe im Violinschlüssel
for: Viola da gamba
Music score
Item no.: 636838
für Sopran, Violine und Laute Spielpartitur
for: Sopran solo, Violine, Laute
Ensemble score
Item no.: 627523
after Stadler Quintet K. 581
for: Clarinet, viola, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607543
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972124
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 971989
op. 3/4
G59
for: 2 violins
Score, Parts
Item no.: 549838
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 347296
'Coronation Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 336421
Harmoniemusik von Johann Nepomuk Wendt – Band 2
Musica Rara
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 341384
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1200815
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194902
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215044
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 850652
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251143
Full Score- Flute- Oboe- Trumpet in B-flat- Trumpet in C- Cello
for: SATB- Cantor- Assembly
Score
Item no.: 1158560
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375154
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306763
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282193
Klassik
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281545
Hob. VIIe:1
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275821
new critical performing edition at the cutting edge of Beethoven scholarship
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 690278
in F minor, A major, C major
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 656597
Ten Variations in G major
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116521
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116819
for: Bassetthorn, Flöte, Oboe, Viola, Fagott (oder Cello)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 135071
Andante
for: Flute, violin, guitar
Item no.: 130022
Soprano, due violini, viola, violoncello e contrabbasso
for: Soprano, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Contra Bass
Score
Item no.: 129266
mit Kadenzen von L. Jacobsenop. 61
for: für Violine und Klavier
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124163
Aurea Amadeus 213
for: Flute, oboe, violin, viola, cello, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 147761
für Violine und Orchester
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 139310
("Heilig ist der Herr Sabaoth")
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3446
aus "Six petits duos pour deux clarinettes"
for: 2 clarinets [violins]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2123
Bearbeitung
for: Wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1658001
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano [organ]
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1560386
20 Spielstücke der Meister der Wiener Klassik
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1355954
for: Flute, viola, cello
Item no.: 200492
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 763426
for: Oboe [flute/violin], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 101554
for: Orchestra
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 106271
ars instrumentalis 21
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 340658
KV 456
for: Flute, violin, cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1546089
Süßmayr–Version
Stuttgarter Mozart–Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 463925
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767966