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.
Orch.
for: SATB with SATB or B Soli
Book
Item no.: 906283
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 971636
Easier Piano Pieces 12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118931
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Book, CD
Item no.: 981981
violin studies in the first five positions
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 487641
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 235810
from Nabucco
Oxford Choral Classics Octavos
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 342927
3 Notturnos
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 145454
The New Novello Choral Edition
for: 3 soloists (MezTB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 396045
Misc
for: Viola
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204346
Op. 14
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 891851
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Book
Item no.: 1317371
Suite from the Incidental Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208665
és más művek (Suppl.12)
EMB New Liszt Edition Supplement 'A'
for: Piano
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 850735
Esprit Marching Band
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 812208
Hal Leonard Solo and Ensemble
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 807803
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 802754
MusicWorks Grade 3
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 798599
UMPC Critical Editions
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 774097
M.S. 80
Critical Edition
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 768826
Soprano-Tenor
for: Voice (high), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766894
Mezzo-Soprano-Baritone
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766823
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317494
Choral
for: SAATBB a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317492
Voice Method
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 311703
Lyric book
Item no.: 318336
Lyric book
Item no.: 318305
Original Text and English Translation
Lyric book
Item no.: 318298
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318287
Vocal Score
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318179
Educational Piano Library
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 898793
Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1198882
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 462956
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 890051
Your Favorite Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 875592
Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1106873
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 837432
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 837285
Arranged for Flute, Violin and Cello by Ignaz Moscheles
for: Flute, violin, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1585646
Novello Short Biographies
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 321395
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 901059
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893826
An Oratorio op. 40
Lyric book
Item no.: 890605
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 888021
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 867509
Musique Française
for: Tenor trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 696326
for Brass Quintet and Organ
for: Blechbläserquintett und Orgel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957228
Septimino 3
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324853
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