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: 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
Tonleitern in 2, 3 und 4 Oktaven, Dreiklänge usw.
Band 2
for: Cello
Lehrmaterial, Technik, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1640402
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
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 601630
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
Orgelfassung und Orchesterfassung
for: Sopran solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass bzw.Sopran solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orgel
Item no.: 1336808
for: Solo SMsTB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Piccoloflöte, Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (4), Hörner (4), Trompeten (4), 4 Ferntrompeten, Posaunen (3), Ophikleide, Pauke, Schlaginstrument, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336597
Dona nobis pacem, Domine
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236242
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 237197
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237096
C-Dur-Messe
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso (Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel)
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1337053
Sinfonie-Kantate
for: Soli SST, Chor SSAATB, Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (4), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1337028
for: Soli Tuba (SA), Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orgel
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1337023
Bearbeitung für Soli, Chor und Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1043862
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 261674
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791251
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 776914
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1096109
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1118681
Oper/Operette
for: Baritone Bass Trombone
Book
Item no.: 1110851
Almaviva, Quartetto, Finale
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1108340
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 1085686
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1071511
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1109824
for: Streichtrio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1164094
for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1119544
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1118815
for: Soprano and Tenor Voice
Book
Item no.: 1118248