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.
Ea289
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 320365
Evening Song
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678393
Presented by Daniel Grimwood
more than the score...
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675015
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, CD
Item no.: 498470
Easy piano picture book
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 121142
Eine Oper in fünf Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 745196
aus "Peer Gynt" op. 23
Gesang und Klavier - Ausgabe für hohe Stimme
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 360155
für Singstimme und Klavier
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 378856
aus "La Bohème"
für hohe [original] / mittlere / tiefe Stimme
mit Lautschrift (ital.) sowie englischer, französischer und deutscher Übersetzung
for: Voice (high/medium/low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 562703
Hal Leonard Solo and Ensemble
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 807803
Esprit Marching Band
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 812208
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 444096
Beriato Classical Serie
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1000380
Your Favorite Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 875592
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 971636
Op. 50
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418271
Classic Clarinet Series
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 335832
De Haske Recorder Series
for: Blockflötenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 471571
Op. 14
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 891851
Soprano-Tenor
for: Voice (high), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766894
Klassik
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 190793
"Hymne des Marseillais"
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 626231
Geistliche Musik
for: Men's Choir [TTBB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101099
The New Novello Choral Edition
for: 3 soloists (MezTB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 396045
MusicWorks Grade 3
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 798599
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1634819
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893826
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 837432
Septimino 3
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324853
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318291
für Gesang (mittel) und Klavier
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 482954
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 931357
for: SATB or SSAATTBB with M,S,T,Bar Soli
Book
Item no.: 906357
Orch.
for: SATB with SATB or B Soli
Book
Item no.: 906283
Geistliche Musik
for: SATB with TB Soli
Book
Item no.: 906001
FJH Piano Solo Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 967774
Grande Sonate pathétique ("Pathétique")
Alfred Masterwork Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848887
with optional Choir SATB
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Opt. Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958666
Sinfonia
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958514
Romantic Sketchbook for Piano (ABRSM)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 417122
for: Guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 615930
15 well-known original pieces in progressive order of difficulty
(with practical comments)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665560
Nine well-known original pieces in progressive order of difficulty
(with practical comments)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665554
Urtext
for: Piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690875
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 235810
Musica Britannica 49
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 770822
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722297
from Coppélia
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722357
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