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.
for: Bass clarinet
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Item no.: 1603095
for: Cello, piano
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Item no.: 1602801
for: Oboe, piano
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Item no.: 1602799
for: Baritone saxophone, piano
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Item no.: 1602793
for: Bass trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1602792
for: Baritone saxophone, piano
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Item no.: 1602215
for: 4 trumpets [5 cornets]
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Item no.: 1606319
for: 4 clarinets
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Item no.: 1606312
for: Oboe, piano
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Item no.: 1606243
for: Euphonium, piano
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Item no.: 1606223
for: Bass trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1605887
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1605884
for: Trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1605529
from Otello
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & Orchestra
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Item no.: 1308262
Contes D'Hoffmann
for: Mixed choir, piano
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Item no.: 1299589
From Mignon
for: Trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1299482
From 6 Morceaux Opus 85
for: Violin, string orchestra
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Item no.: 1299465
From Souvenir d'un lieu cher Opus 42
for: Violin & String Quartet
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Item no.: 1299428
From The Opera A Life For The Tsar
for: Euphonium, piano
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Item no.: 1299366
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1299332
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Tuba, piano
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Item no.: 1299321
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1299319
From Opus 94
for: Flute, piano
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Item no.: 1299314
From Opus 94
for: Tuba, piano
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Item no.: 1299302
From Opus 94
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1299300
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
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Item no.: 1299286
From Nutcracker
for: Clarinet, piano
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Item no.: 1299279
for: Bassoon, piano
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Item no.: 1299270
for: Clarinet, piano
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Item no.: 1299245
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1299242
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1299239
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
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Item no.: 1299179
Op. 88
for: Flute, organ
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Item no.: 1297149
Op. 88
for: Trumpet, organ
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Item no.: 1297140
Op. 88
for: Viola, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297134
for: Baritone saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1297926
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
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Item no.: 1297922
for: Violin, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1297910
for: Viola, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1297908
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1297904
for: Alto trombone, organ
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Item no.: 1296977
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300745
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1300722
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300261
for: Clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300188
for: Treble recorder, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1300184
for: Bass recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300182
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1300177
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