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: Piano
Item no.: 345058
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 214695
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761870
für Klavier
Easy Piano 27
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 194484
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 150126
aus "Hänsel und Gretel"
bearbeitet für Posaunen-Quartett
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 338091
Canzona napolitana
bearbeitet für 2 Melodieinstrumente (in C) und Klavier
for: 2 melodic instruments (C), piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 2236
for: tiefe Singstimme und Klavier; Violine (Violoncello) ad libitum
Item no.: 356510
for: Mixed choir, piano
[englisch]
Item no.: 576568
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
Complete orchestral parts
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649420
PFINGST- HYMNUS
VOCE, ORGANO O PIANOFOR- TE, WAB 50
for: Voice [choir], organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 422932
für mittlere Stimme und Klavier
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 106139
für Singstimme und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2325
aus Walter Scotts "Fräulein vom See"
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 356152
Jubelgesang für die Heilige Christnacht
Orgel- und Direktionsstimme
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB/SAB), orchestra, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1689924
for: 5 Cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689955
aus "Weihnachtslieder", op. 8, Nr. 1 (Originaltonart)
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1183
sur un noël de Saboly: Pastre dei mountagno
aus: Premiere livre de noëls, op. 60
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4805
Ein Singen zur Menschwerdung Christi von der Verheißung bis zur Geburt. Nach Volksliedern f. Solostimmen, Chor, Sprecher u. kleines Orch.
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308308
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 168426
aus "Weihnachtslieder", op. 8, Nr. 5
für eine Singstimme und Klavier
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 5708
for mixed Choir and Organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4050
Die Jahreszeiten op. 37b, Nr. 12
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1351116
Ein deutsches Weihnachtsliederspiel nach oberbayerischen und tiroler Weisen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 751563
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 2
Item no.: 746707
nach einem Chanson von Jacob Arcadelt
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1195
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1468
for: Alto saxophone, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588947
for: Euphonium, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 589014
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [orchestra]
Organ reduction
Item no.: 620058
for: 3 clarinets, bass clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 576399
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 554806
Mélodie religieuse adaptée au 1er Prélude de J.S. Bach
for: Voice, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1678042
Guitar
for: Choral and Guitar
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159035
C Major
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 740668
Weihnachtslied für Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 556480
Fantasie
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 419598
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145512
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 344315
A peaceful classic for your next holiday concert
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672721
Galopp
for: Big band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 164322
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 388484
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258322
Variationen über die Melodie "Tochter Zion..."
auch für 2 Violen bzw. für eine Viola und ein Violoncello eingerichtet
for: 2 Violoncelli / 2 Viole / Viola, Violoncello
Score
Item no.: 445841
A Christmas Song
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1502
für 1-2 Altblockflöten (Flöte) und Cembalo (Gitarre)
Flautando Edition
for: 2 treble recorders, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671992
Edition Schultheiss
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Item no.: 311528
for: Salon orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 474475