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.
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122560
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1126542
for: Violin, viola, piano
Single part Viola
Item no.: 622672
for: KCH ORCH
FAKSIMILE / GEB / PART
Item no.: 621936
Grand septuor pour Pianoforte, Hautbois, Clarinette, Cor, Basson, Violoncelle et Contre-Basse
for: Klavier, Oboe, Klarinette in a, Horn, Fagott, Cello, Kontrabass
Set of parts
Item no.: 646195
Vocapella
Audio-CD
Item no.: 292302
for: Organ
Item no.: 562576
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 491377
for: String orchestra
PART ST (4/3/2/2/1)
Item no.: 362674
aus: Auf der Wanderung
op. 160/ 4
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1115030
Oratorienfragment. Teil I: Die Geburt Christi; Teil II: Das Leiden Christi
for: Tenor solo, Chor SATTBB, Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2) (nur Teil 1), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1587084
Italienische Nationalhymne
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 694484
for: Piano
Item no.: 114308
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151146
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151113
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151106
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151026
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR A CAPPELLA WELTLICH ALBEN
Item no.: 393473
für zwei Violoncelli
for: 2 cellos
2 single parts
Item no.: 394635
Swingle Music~Classics Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 148322
for: Guitar
Item no.: 414064
for: Piano
Item no.: 419680
Beiheft 5
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 460958
Syrinx Probespiel Ouvertueren 3
for: 5 flutes (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 584092
for: 3 Hörner
Score, Parts
Item no.: 334732
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 350703
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 347464
64
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 349508
for: 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 166048
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 161280
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 173670
for: TRP (B/ES) ORG
FASSUNG IN B-MOLL
Item no.: 486401
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 168598
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 177064
Urtext nach der Leipziger Mendelssohn-Gesamtausgabe – LMA)
for: 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (double quartet)
Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1639726
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931759
De l'Opera "Norma" de Bellini op. 115
for: 2 flutes, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1215260
Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
Item no.: 1204649
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202570
from the Opera Faust
for: Baritone and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198412
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197710
op. 54 (1871)
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668504
"Choral Fantasy"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762141
for: Choir (S/SA/SAM), piano; wind instruments, rhythm-group ad lib.
Single part Melody instrument (C/B-flat)
Item no.: 693502
for: Choir (S/SA/SAM), piano; wind instruments, rhythm-group ad lib.
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 693500
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