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.
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 389067
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777583
Pastorella
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1671294
Ausgabe Butz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 428866
Aria pastoralis für Sopran (Tenor), 2 Flöten, Streicher und Orgel
Sologesang mit Instrumenten und Orgel Band 82
for: Voice (S/T), 2 flutes, strings, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 636219
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236805
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 237463
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382712
for: 2 treble recorders, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 261903
Motette (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116603
Weihnachtsoratorium (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Item no.: 319067
für Singstimme und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2325
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339651
for: Voice (alto), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1646253
for: Singstimme (S/T) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 747728
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802387
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 106100
for: SOLI ORG STR
Score
Item no.: 283433
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 445122
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444986
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 432994
from: Six Voluntaries
London, 1780
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 5565
de la composition du Sieur Balbastre, Faksimile
La musique francaise classique de 1650 à 1800
for: Organ
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 661934
for: Flute, 2 violins, basso continuo
Item no.: 200280
Weihnachtsoratorium (Erstdruck)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 657000
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: OB (FL) HRN STR (+ CEMB)
Set of parts
Item no.: 372071
Vier Advents- und Weihnachtskantaten in Ersteinspielungen
CD
Item no.: 154213
Warburton E 22
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693139
Solomotette zum Dreifaltigkeitsfest oder zu Weihnachten
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 237289
Weihnachtsoratorium in zwei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 635715
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382045
Christmas tree decoration
Item no.: 683103
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278539
für Soli oder Chor, konzertante Orgel und Streicher
Piano reduction
Item no.: 192674
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 204434
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 780015
O Come, All Ye Faithful
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760319
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309589
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 231106
for: Voice (soprano), strings, basso continuo; 2 horns ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 265509
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 156734
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985442
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 580335
C Major
for: Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 740668
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 423828
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 362705
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1659605
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Hörner, 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 237813
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