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.
Favorite Melodies by Franz Schubert
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 736353
aus den "Kinderszenen", op. 15
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2141
from The Nutcracker
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722262
from Symphony No. 5
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740141
from Peer Gynt
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722325
Jerusalem
for Voice (Medium / High) and Piano
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2982
33 Beautiful Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758499
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026408
op. 90/3
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759100
Introduction et Variations concertants
for: Cello, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739935
from Holberg Suite
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759070
from Suite Bergamasque
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722242
from Suite Bergamasque
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732073
A New Critical Edition
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 738575
F
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1479390
("O be joyful in the Lord")
from: The Morning and Evening Service, op. 10
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 5654
Terzett aus der Operette "The Mikado or the Town of Titipu"
for: Women's choir (SAA) [3 solo voices], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1977
35 Beautiful Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 743893
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027241
Gm
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026111
from Cavalleria rusticana
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 740146
Easy arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548948
from Swan Lake
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722316
from Holberg Suite
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722247
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722318
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722290
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722243
Choralvorspiel, op. 52 Nr. 8
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 5799
Leipzig et Bruxelles 1886
for: Women's choir (SA) [children's choir], organ [piano]
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6151
aus der Oper "La Gioconda"
bearbeitet für Flöte, Klarinette und Klavier
for: Flute, clarinet (B-flat), piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2267
Cavatine (Valentin), extraite de l’opéra "Faust"
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2610
aus: Karneval der Tiere
bearbeitet für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2692
op. posth.
für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1962
aus: Lyrische Stücke, op. 12
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1997
aus "Practische Anleitung zur Erlernung des Flötenspiels" (transponiert nach B-Dur)
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1076
Offertorium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 3426
Duett für zwei Singstimmen und Klavier
aus der Motette op. 39, Nr. 3
for: 2 voices (SS), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3664
The Swan from: Le Carnaval des animaux, No. 13
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 746411
Preludes to Acts 1 and 3
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749220
Nº 4, from: Dix Pièces pour Orgue ou Harmonium
Paris, 1899
for: Organ [harmonium]
Sheet music
Item no.: 6480
op. 6, Nr. 2
for: 2 clarinets
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1188
bearbeitet für Violine (Oboe, C-Blockflöte) und Klavier
for: Violin [descant recorder/oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1974
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3838
Edition Schott
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 748849
op. 24, Nr. 3
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2841
aus "Klarinett-Schule" Erster Teil, op. 63
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3651
aus Gradus ad parnassum
for: Accordion
Sheet music
Item no.: 1116
aus "Elf Choralvorspiele für die Orgel", op. 122 (Nr. 5)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3815
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