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.
Praeclassica
for: Violin, piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421443
Heft 7: Drei Sätze aus "Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers" op. 51, nach der Streichquartettfassung Hob.XX:1b
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493852
BR-JEB F 12
F-Dur
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1654504
Oratorio
BR-CPEB D 3 (Wq 240)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 1596282
Oratorium
BR-CPEB D 3 (Wq 240)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596278
Reformationskantate
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 691362
BR JCFB C 28
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234229
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 369790
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 369784
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364257
(Lambacher Messe)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1558410
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232679
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797922
Die Geschichte des Leidens und Sterbens unseres Heilandes Jesu Christi nach der Beschreibung des Evanglisten Marcus HoWV I.10
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772603
a-Moll BR-WFB C 14
for: Harpsichord, strings
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648595
Der Fromme stirbt HoWV I.4
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 487018
First Edition
for: 4-5 soloists (SATB/SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237161
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236010
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 1: Vl. 2
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421972
Haydn-Mozart Presse
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1135334
Hob. XXIVb:3
for: für Sopran und Orchester Viola
Single part
Item no.: 1135250
Hob. XXIVb:11
for: für Bariton (Bass) und Orchester Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 1135163
Hob. XXIVb:1
for: für Sopran und Orchester Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1134992
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1134951
for: Cello, chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355279
Die frühen Sinfonien
Diletto musicale 248
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1031746
op. 37/3G 517
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1017762
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296871
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 224969
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1160956
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1351879
C-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trumpet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672671
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 327051
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 274905
Pastorella, für gem. Chor, Orchester und obligater Orgel
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644536
Hob. XXIVb:11
for: für Bariton (Bass) und Orchester Viola
Single part
Item no.: 1135386
Kritische Ausgabe sämtlicher Symphonien
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 745242
for: Oboe, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 692066
for two horns, viola, two cellos, basso continuo
first print
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: 2 horns, viola, 2 cellos, basso continuo
Single part Cello 2
Item no.: 682068
for: Voice (tenor), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 796358
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696003
Urtext of the Joseph Haydn Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695434
Hob. I:42
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611395
Hob. I:42
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611393
Hob. I:34
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1611264
Hob. I:29
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610916
Hob. I:16
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1596333
Am 29. Juni 1751 anläßlich der Einweihung der neuen katholischen Hofkirche in Dresden erstmals aufgeführt
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237452