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.
Dover Full Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 154205
versione in quattro atti
Ricordi Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389057
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683416
textcritical edition of the final version 1910
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 685909
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 491195
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 241358
für Klavier und Bläserquintett
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano
Item no.: 212548
by G. Paisiello (from 'L'amor contrastato, ossia La molinara')
for: Clarinet, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 656702
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 404436
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 487064
Edition without Fingering
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 664057
Universal Orgel Edition
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 113673
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 796413
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 562649
Premier livre
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582668
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
Kompletter Satz Bläser- und Schlagzeugstimmen
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 677771
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 129058
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 180175
for: 2 classical guitars
Set of parts
Item no.: 694886
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401359
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289320
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 129591
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 359702
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
aus der Ballettmusik „Der Nussknacker“, op. 71
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
für zwei Klaviere zu vier Händen
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 662763
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401460
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 613316
Critical Edition of the Orchestral Music, Volume 2
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 176575
Couplet (Zsupán) aus der Operette "Der Zigeunerbaron"
Transponierte Ausgabe
for: Voice (bass), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4027
Romantische Operette in drei Akten
Piano reduction
Item no.: 128169
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 576999
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
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617092
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781354
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287144
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409803
"When at night I go to sleep" from "Hansel and Gretel"
for: Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 738103
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607224
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781740
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 369296
Op. 14
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1563133
Maders kleine Musikbibliothek
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551037
for viola and piano
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163194
original version 1878
Anton Bruckner Complete Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 409802
Complete Book 1 & 2
Schirmer Library Of Music Classics
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 344954
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 817246
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