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.
Marsch
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 884027
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1070203
Duo Comique
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1141773
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907328
Marsch
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1067582
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1658723
for: Horn, piano
Score
Item no.: 1138276
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1066876
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 905301
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1160065
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1068475
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Book
Item no.: 1119527
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913572
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1215197
Waltz Song
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1067419
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 923016
Overture
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1066879
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1162398
for: Woodwind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 977665
for: Voice (soprano)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1204528
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1329594
for: Harp
Book
Item no.: 1118726
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 881798
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1020847
Op. 92 N. 12 Americano
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215165
for: Soprano or Tenor and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1178359
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 863836
In einer Transkription von Fridolin Dallinger
for: String orchestra, harp
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 780431
Klassik
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1195407
for: Piano 4 hands
Score
Item no.: 1355642
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1138409
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1069902
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204737
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144700
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109762
Oper/Operette
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 864922
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1629185
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778457
Flex 7 Concert
for: Flexible wind ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113046
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 851559
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1070109
for Double-Bass and Piano
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 1164155
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1069557
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 868455
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 892972
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 890738
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1019795
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089730
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