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: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 461135
for: Hunting horn, organ
Item no.: 460694
String Symphony MWV N 1
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 154601
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 152207
for: 2 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 152198
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151382
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151885
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151725
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 152501
for: Clarinet choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 163408
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 163379
for: Organ
Item no.: 160985
for: Accordion
Item no.: 462620
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 162086
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 161469
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 427875
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 179418
Abendsegen und Traumpantomime aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 171585
Akkordeon
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 177740
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 171117
Gyoergy Geiger - Erlebnis Trompete 22
for: Trumpet, harp [piano]
Item no.: 170866
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 112343
Nr. 3 c-Moll
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 419808
for: Big band
Item no.: 420592
for: Guitar, strings
Score
Item no.: 226550
for: Guitar, strings
Score
Item no.: 226544
Critical Edition of the Chambermusic volume 4
Clothbound
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, double bass (nonet)
Score (Hardcover), single parts
Item no.: 226444
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 213700
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 212923
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212676
for: Piano
Item no.: 562569
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 489830
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Solisten-Partitur
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 642668
A text-critical edition “based on the sources” of this work which was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1885
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 223575
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 207681
Walzerop. 314
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester)
Item no.: 207244
String Symphony MWV N 4
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: String orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 191828
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 477601
for: Violine, Klavier, [Violine, Violoncello, [Kontrabass]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 216944
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 487095
for: Trombone, piano
Item no.: 487192
for: Piano
Item no.: 210128
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 210719
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 210715
Symphony-Cantata
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 229360
Symphony-Cantata
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229358
Urtext-Edition
for: Clarinet, bassethorn [2 clarinets], orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229322
“From the New World”
Revised new edition of score and orchestral parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229077
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