The turn of the 19th century saw the dawn of Romanticism. This artistic and cultural movement was constantly striving for new ideas and new beginnings, during a particularly turbulent time in social, political and natural history. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the romantic masters and their works today.
The reason and order of the classical period were balanced out in the romantic period by emotion and imagination. The word romanticism is derived from the French literary terms roman and romantique. Programme music uses melodies and instrumental colours to tell a story, to take the listener on a musical journey. The most prominent of all program music is undoubtedly the symphonic poem, created, explored and developed by composers such as Franz Liszt and Bedřich Smetana.
Compared to the Classical Period, the melodies of the romantic period became less and less regular and symmetrical, and the harmony more and more chromatic and dissonant. As the romantic period progressed, the possibilities of traditional tonality became more and more exhausted, and the beginning of the 20th century saw the departure from classical structure and form, and the movement towards modern and contemporary classical music.
In order to broaden the sound palate which set the mood and atmosphere for the romantic period, new instruments began to appear in the orchestra, and voices began to be deployed, choirs and soloists began to be introduced into traditional instrumental works. Throughout the 19th century, the fashion was expansion, both in music for Symphony Orchestra and in Choral Music, the forces grew and grew, far beyond the imagination of any of the classical composers of the previous century.
In the 19th century, Opera flourished, be it Italian verismo, French "Grand Opera", or Wagner’s new world of music theatre. The most important opera composers of the 19th century were Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi.
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377651
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3217
G
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1030811
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 162791
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036711
French Christmas Song
for: Voice (high), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 632555
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 491952
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 331890
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 477420
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 488038
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 343353
Christams Cantata
op. 164
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 1697172
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4740
for: Soloist (soprano), male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 3970
for: SATB Chorus [divisi] unaccompanied
Buch
Item no.: 898695
Oratorio fragment
Part I: The Birth of Christ; Part II: The Passion of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 578511
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652250
for: Voice (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 294668
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 671424
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 892139
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 649112
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118937
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 395232
O Holy Night!
Medium High Voice (D-Flat) and Organ
for: Voice (medium), organ
Music score
Item no.: 317118
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard]
Score
Item no.: 5012
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 660286
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027350
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032781
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Set of parts
Item no.: 691687
for: 2 voices (SS) [women's choir], 2 violins, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 647361
for: Male choir (TTBB), flute [violin], piano
Score
Item no.: 772238
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 320470
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3233
Unterlegblatt für 3-Akkordzither (15 Melodiesaiten)
for: Zither (3 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 1690078
for: Brass ensemble (5 parts)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1672033
Swedish Carols Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1651909
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681075
for: SAB, Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1077821
for: SATB and Unison Choir [or Solo] w/opt. Flute
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856230
Oratorium
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 274625
GIA Evoking Sound
for: SSAATTBB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152237
for 4-part ensemble (rhythm group ad lib)
This title contains all the transposed parts
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1667721
from Oratorio de Noël
for: Symphonic Band and Choir Ad Lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198615
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104968
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916929
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154153
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697298
for: Male choir
Item no.: 218506
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