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.
Schirmer Choral Classics
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317595
für hohe Singstimme und Klavier
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 293239
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Organ reduction
Item no.: 332489
Chorlied
bearbeitet für gemischten Chor, zwei Violinen und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 321613
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318172
Opera in four acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318178
Alto Solo from the 3rd Symphony
for: Voice (alto), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 161586
from Carmen
for: Baritone, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897126
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1101068
for baritone and piano
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 682374
Two Part Songs No. 222
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 320362
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 584903
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 929371
for: SATB or SSATB with SATB Soli
Book
Item no.: 934499
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205767
In G Major, Opus 65
Commentary and Preparatory Accompaniment
for Cello
(and optional 2nd Cello)
for: 1–2 cellos
Parts (2)
Item no.: 684558
EMB New Liszt Edition I. 'B'
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256740
Romantikus vonósnégyesek az első fekvésben
EMB Music for Beginners
for: 2 violins, viola, cello [3 violins, cello]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 193935
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722343
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 367123
Bärenreiter Urtext
– Price reduction possible for orders of larger quantities –
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155746
New practical editions of 14 of Clara Schumann’s greatest songs
includes a CD of piano accompaniment
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 684080
für Violine und Orchester – Zweite Fassung 1845
mit separatem Kommentar zur Aufführungspraxis
Revidierte Ausgabe; mit einer Urtext-Solostimme und einer eingerichteten Solostimme
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 676425
Bardenklänge
Volume 4
Guitar Works (Faksimile) (Facsimile)
for: Classical guitar
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 119062
für Klarinette (deutsches und Böhm-System)
for: Clarinet (B-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 638953
Melodramma buffo in due atti
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260749
from Sister Act 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 294634
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460660
EMB New Liszt Edition I. 'B'
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 256768
Schirmer Performance Editions
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 692724
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 395157
Volume 1 Clarinette
for: Clarinet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 100769
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316335
arranged for Piano solo
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 475013
second to fifth position
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 380379
Opera in five acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318126
First setting
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 124270
for: SABar and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864224
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118935
Evening Blessing from the Fairy-Tale Opera "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: 2 voices, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 356796
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Organ score
Item no.: 433772
English version
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 259701
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 692777
dedicated to the very beginners
for: 2 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681520
for Two Cellos
for: 2 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1672531
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1163676
From "Eight Partsongs" Op. 119
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929374
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103307
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