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: Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 997955
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998223
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 998480
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998506
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 886584
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1043267
Rasumovsky Quartet No. 1
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 749102
Le Cor
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1140305
for: Harp or Harps
Score
Item no.: 1634297
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 875489
Motet for soprano solo and chorus
for: Soprano Solo, SATB and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154561
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1007465
Overture
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1010786
for: 2 Baritones and 2 Tubas
Buch
Item no.: 935780
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912074
Klassik
for: Soprano or Mezzo Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 997367
for: Women's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1043699
Klassik
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 836474
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 555323
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 922550
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 993544
for: Voice (soprano)
Book
Item no.: 992939
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992333
(2.Bearbeitung)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043604
Toire Pour Ste Clotilde
for: 3 Voices - STB
Choir score
Item no.: 820051
Nach dem Erstdruck herausgegeben
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215474
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201947
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201623
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144032
for: Brass band
Set of parts
Item no.: 1143114
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1138767
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1172949
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 888095
with Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 826191
Oper/Operette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1053336
Oper/Operette
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838387
El Caminante
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 770747
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 645135
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 895665
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 818810
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 818146
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 993393
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 993235
Klassik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 993084
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 992965
for: Mezzo Soprano
Book
Item no.: 992516
Klassik
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 984419
for: Voice (tenor)
Book
Item no.: 992826
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