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.
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Orgel Plus 12
Musik für Orgel und Instrumente
for: Violin, organ
Organ score, solo part
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for: Cello and Bassoon
Buch
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für Klarinette, Horn (Violoncello) und Klavier, op. 75
for: Clarinet (B-flat), horn (F) [cello], piano
Piano score, parts (pdf download)
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for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Harp, piano
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für Flöte (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Flute
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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for: Piano, orchestra
Book
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Revised version (1903-1904, rev. 1905)
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
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for: Harp
Music score
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Set of parts
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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Henle Urtext Editions
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Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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for: Flute, violin, guitar
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Overture to the Operetta
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 3
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Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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WWV 63
Fassung 1842-1880
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
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Liszt Society Publications 11
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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Paris, 1900
for: Oboe [flute/clarinet (B-flat)/violin], cello [viola/bassoon/clarinet (B-flat)], piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
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for: Piano
Sheet music
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Original version
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Score, Single parts
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Cello, piano
Score, part
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Easy preludes and postludes of the 19th century
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
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for: Violin
Music score
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with marked and unmarked string part
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Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Flute, piano
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Music score
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Piano score, Solo parts (anthology)
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Music score
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for: String orchestra
Score
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für zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
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for: Flute, piano
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Score, Parts
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Maders Kleine Musikbibliothek
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Score, Parts
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for: Organ
Music score
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Gesänge für eine Singstimme und Orchester
Neue Kritische Gesamtausgabe der Internationalen Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft Wien
for: Voice, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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Schlusschor aus der 9. Sinfonie ("Europahymne")
leicht bearbeitet für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
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Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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per canto e pianoforte
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
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for: Double bass, piano
Book
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for: 2 pianos
Music score
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“From the New World”
Revised new edition of score and orchestral parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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