Few artistic movements have changed people’s perception of the world as much as classicism. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself all the wonderful music of the classical period.
In music, the Classical Period saw a departure from complex, contrapuntal polyphony, to the beginnings of a simpler homophonic structure, to melody and accompaniment. Polyphony however was not forgotten; all the major composers continued to use polyphony from time to time, and some of the most exciting classical movements use the modern fugue. A good example is Mozart’s Requiem, or Beethoven’s Great Fugue String Quartet Op.133.
The most important music form which came from the classical period is undoubtedly Sonata Form. Sonata Form is an elaborate structure that represents the ultimate pursuit of perfection in music. Sonata Form became the basis of all important musical works of the time: Concertos, Symphonies, Sonatas, and String Quartets. Through the progressive works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Opera developed out of the The Baroque Period, into the diverse classical form, with Opera Buffa and Opera Seria, serious or comic opera, championed by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
Through the Classical Period, the piano overtook the harpsichord, and quickly became one of the most popular solo instruments, and certainly the most important accompaniment instrument. The orchestra grew, and new instruments such as the clarinet and contrabasson were added, and many other instruments developed, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, and became more virtuosic due to the new modern valve systems. Towards the end of the 18th century, however, many baroque instruments, like the harpsichord, which had been firm favourites of the The Baroque Period, were becoming more and more redundant.
Dramma giocoso in two acts KV 588
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116427
per il Clavicembalo o l'Organo
Diletto Musicale
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 215926
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], piano
Item no.: 354152
for: Violin, viola
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116507
for: Flute, violin, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413490
nach der Henle-Gesamtausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 586483
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 117318
Hob. XVIIa:1
for: Piano 4 hands
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4556
für zwei Manuale zur Abwechslung des Forte und Piano
Nr. 7, aus "Neue vollständige Sammlung aller Arten von Vor- und Nachspielen ..." Band 1
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4496
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 200130
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: String orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116546
Arie der Pamina aus Die Zauberflöte
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1074
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418474
Edited by the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 177358
for: Clarinet [violin], cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 401322
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696015
for: Treble recorder
Item no.: 109005
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265341
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582645
with marked and unmarked string parts
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401516
Londoner Trio Nr. 1
for: 2 flutes [violins], cello
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2414
for: Double bass, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 275242
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155616
MusicaLady – Komponistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts 10
for: Piano
Item no.: 298819
Cavatina der Barbarina aus der Oper "Le Nozze di Figaro"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1703
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116489
for: Piano, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193055
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 129268
for: Horn, orchestra
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116793
Edition Schott
for: Oboe (Flöte, Violine) und Basso continuo (Cembalo, Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 747343
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401144
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 155799
für zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Klavier
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675547
für Violine (Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette), Horn und Klavier
for: Violin, horn, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 133706
Maders Kleine Musikbibliothek
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551038
Schlusschor aus der 9. Sinfonie ("Europahymne")
leicht bearbeitet für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2034
for Double Bass and orchestra
(with Violin obbligato)
in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
Download of part in Viennese tuning (A-d-f#-a)
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 151813
aus "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339
bearbeitet für Solo-Sopran und Orgel
for: Voice (soprano), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 4034
Nach Autographen und Erstausgaben
Band 1 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 125028
(Spring)
marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401128
Piano Repertoire
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 555412
aus der "Krönungsmesse", KV 317
bearbeitet für Singstimme und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Voice (high), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2456
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 583134
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 181486
Newly engraved from early editions
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 760159
für Kontrabaß und Klavier
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 162072
The Requiem, completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr, in its traditional form
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674935
for: für Klavier zu 4 Händen
Item no.: 112816