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.
from Symphony no. 3
for: 2 pianos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 885482
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 873980
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 871118
Orchestrations par Henri Busser et André Caplet (1907-1912)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 857483
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1356227
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 1136906
set of wind parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1212209
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201031
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111445
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1111148
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175084
Klassik
for: Wind Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1121948
Operette in 3 Akten | Reprintausgabe
Text: Alfred Maria Willner und Bernhard Buchbinder
Reprint der Erstausgabe Verlag Emil Berté & Cie, Wien 1897
for: Voice, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1646126
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1645343
Musica Rara
for: 2 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1639700
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621178
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) und Keyboard
Item no.: 1621097
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 367091
für Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 282764
Polka française
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305310
Polka française
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305247
Polka française
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304961
(I 15 / 8)
Johann Strauß (Sohn) Gesamtausgabe, zu Serie I, Band 15/8
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 282462
I 17 / 2
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 186615
"Bohemian Suite"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 188941
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 191662
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 171061
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 166984
Harold Gore Publishing
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 164419
op. 437
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 141820
for: Accordion orchestra
Item no.: 221146
for: Voice, guitar
Item no.: 215395
for: Voice (high)
Buch
Item no.: 1085687
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909458
Klassik
for: Alto Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905651
aus: Am Walchensee. Acht Lieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 481904
Symphonic version (1900)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 477317
Musica Sacra Des 19 Jahrhunderts
for: SOLI 2 GCH
Partitur
Item no.: 621000
Offertorium. Tenor-Arie mit Chor
D 963
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228677
Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgabe – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 227266
aus: In Sturm und Frieden. Acht Lieder und Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 133055
aus: Romanzen II
for: Women's choir (SSAA); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 132905
Der Partitur wurde eine Orgelbearbeitung zugefügt, um das Werk wie bei der Uraufführung auch in ausschließlicher Begleitung durch die Orgel musizieren zu können.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237320
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237316
D 452
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237092
D 105
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Bassoon 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237059
op. 60
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 232277
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1043655