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.
Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 890016
from Paulus
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 893008
from Carmen
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 870326
MusicWorks Grade 3
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 808393
Hal Leonard Solo and Ensemble
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 805662
Ballad for chorus and orchestra
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben, Urtext
for: 4 soloists (ATBarB) [ATB], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685484
Three sacred songs and fugue
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1331552
Urtextausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 656564
Duet for Flute and Alto Saxophone (or Clarinet) from The Pirates of Penzance
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Flute, Alto Saxophone
Score
Item no.: 975407
Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 877242
As Revealed In His Own Words
Reprint of the B. W. Huebsch, 1905 edition
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 193909
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1549379
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036806
Mitropa Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958299
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 890037
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 608261
for: Ukulele
Music score
Item no.: 1008011
Piano Method
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 316172
Schule
for: Clarinet
Schule
Item no.: 916333
Dramma in four acts
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242211
English only
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 318335
G. Schirmer's Collection of Opera Librettos
Lyric book
Item no.: 318288
für hohe Singstimme und Klavier
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 293239
Alto Solo from the 3rd Symphony
for: Voice (alto), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 161586
from Carmen
for: Baritone, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 929371
for: SATB or SSATB with SATB Soli
Book
Item no.: 934499
First setting
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 124270
for: SABar and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864224
für Violine und Orchester – Zweite Fassung 1845
mit separatem Kommentar zur Aufführungspraxis
Revidierte Ausgabe; mit einer Urtext-Solostimme und einer eingerichteten Solostimme
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 676425
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 692777
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 692776
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 770822
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 367034
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 930103
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317595
In G Major, Opus 65
Commentary and Preparatory Accompaniment
for Cello
(and optional 2nd Cello)
for: 1–2 cellos
Parts (2)
Item no.: 684558
Bärenreiter Urtext
– Price reduction possible for orders of larger quantities –
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155746
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 362734
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 312310
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 971713
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 955783
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 778730
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962300
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962293
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962202
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 320472
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 320362
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