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.
für zwei Klaviere zu vier Händen
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 662763
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6455
Paris, 1900
for: Oboe [flute/clarinet (B-flat)/violin], cello [viola/bassoon/clarinet (B-flat)], piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5249
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Flute, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1343710
für Violine und Klavier
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 636364
op. 36
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 613316
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401460
réduction pour 2 piano's de A. Laussel
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 283745
aus "Préludes", "Suite Bergamasque" und "Children's Corner"
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 113695
Based on the Sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 637573
for: Guitar
Item no.: 113068
for Tuba (or Bass Trombone)
for: Tuba [bass trombone]
Music score
Item no.: 101289
Romantische Operette in drei Akten
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128169
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 2
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 176575
für Sopran, Klarinette und Klavier
aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: Voice (soprano), clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 670677
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617092
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 576999
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401407
Klassik
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279698
authentic alternative flute part (instead of violin) available separately as HN 1297
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 776879
1-3, D 384, 385, 408
Urtext der Neuen Schubert-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116944
"When at night I go to sleep" from "Hansel and Gretel"
for: Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 738103
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 190253
Musica Rara
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224599
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117453
1883
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 487840
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404329
Based on the Sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635023
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781354
on a Mozart theme (“Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”)
for: Sopran, Flöte und Klavier
Partitur und Stimme Flöte
Item no.: 1209538
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781740
Maders kleine Musikbibliothek
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551037
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607224
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 369296
original version 1878
Anton Bruckner Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409802
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 162275
for: Organ
Item no.: 157405
A Selection
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582646
Romantische Operette in drei Akten
Klavierauszug mit Text
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128212
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 360097
Score
Item no.: 430029
National Edition – Miniature Edition
for: Piano
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684793
Leichte Stücke
Klavierstücke von Fanny Hensel 6
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 195077
Sudien und Übungen
for: Accordion
Score
Item no.: 258093
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 558187
Oratorio
MWV A 14
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 470975
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664059
Complete edition of the shorter sacred music for choir and ensembles
Musique sacrée française
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 425526
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