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.
Heft 4: Werke von Haydn (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: String orchestra (school orchestra); winds, piano ad lib.
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 184610
(mit 2 Kadenzen)KV 107
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 146262
(Divertimento)Hob.XIV: 13
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 213475
"O großer Gott, dich loben wir"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 203602
"O großer Gott, dich loben wir"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 203600
Praeclassica
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104271
für Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Violoncello
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432516
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425738
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425730
Prae Classica
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Single part (Cello solo)
Item no.: 421832
Praeclassica
for: Violin, piano
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421446
Praeclassica
for: Violin, piano
Single part
Item no.: 421419
Praeclassica
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421418
Praeclassica
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 421322
Praeclassica
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421290
Praeclassica
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421288
Praeclassica
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421267
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 332860
Hob. I:20,
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610665
Hob. I:20
for: String orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610666
"Mariazeller-Messe"
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 174294
W.16
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 147322
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 138652
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 136079
for: 2 Oboen, 2 Hörner in D und Streicher
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 784428
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 784643
Lambacher
for: Orchestra
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 784720
Lambacher
for: Orchestra
Single part Oboe 2
Item no.: 784721
G Minor
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Single part Oboe 2
Item no.: 784854
G Minor
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 784859
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783697
from the ballet "Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus"
for: Orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783829
(Divertimento)
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 732123
"Die Himmel rühmen", C-Dur
for: gemischter Chor (Frauen-/Kinderchor) mit Klavier oder 3 Violinen, Violoncello, Bass und Pauken
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 747054
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 747355
for: Double bass, orchestra
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 728183
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557894
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557652
for: String orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784460
for: Oboe, orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784703
"O großer Gott, dich loben wir"
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) oder Frauenchor (SMezA) mit Klavier (Orgel) oder Streichern mit Flöte
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 747038
for: Streichorchester (2 Violinen und Bass)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784461
for: 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 794127
for: Viola, chamber orchestra
Horn 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1114104
for: 2 Flöten und Streichorchester; 2 Oboen und 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784650
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1557500
for: String quartet [string orchestra]
Single part Cello
Item no.: 784652
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783842