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.
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Waltz
for: Concert band
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 745435
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1064861
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 554646
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 1701634
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842622
for: 2 pianos
Book
Item no.: 843167
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 936527
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929244
Score, Parts
Item no.: 928926
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1164156
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1657460
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 889732
Final Version 1906
additional part
for: Soloist (alto), boys' choir, women's choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781361
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1540354
für Posaunenquartett
for: 4 trombones [3 trombones, bass trombone]
Score, Single parts
Item no.: 1657961
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668156
Version von 1900 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580477
for: Violin, string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623176
Non nobis Domine / Nicht unserm Namen, Herr
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235285
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 217367
In Cooperation with G. Henle Verlag
for: Violin, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 657981
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harp (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672351
pour choeur à 2-3 voix égales et cordes
for: Women's choir (3 parts), string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 621292
for: Opera
Set of parts
Item no.: 942243
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 689902
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 245929
for: 2 Oboes and Cor Anglais
Book
Item no.: 941189
aus "Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert"
for: Mixed choir (12 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1555443
for: Brass ensemble (7 parts), latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1197860
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696473
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 696475
Polka française
Strauss Edition Wien/ Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 695291
"Mein Wien, wie bist du doch so schön" Walzerop. 325
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Chorstimme
Item no.: 1112029
Walzer "Frau Sonne lacht zum Fenster hell herein"op. 354
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 1112028
Lass Dich Nur Nichts Nicht Dauren
Choir score
Item no.: 1619206
zen-on piano library
for: Piano
Item no.: 1611038
op. posth.
for: Piano
Item no.: 1610988
For Violin and Piano (Origianlly for Cello and Piano)op. 65
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1627058
Vor- und Nachspiele für die Orgel
op. 269
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1011298
Kendor Solo Series
for: Eb Saxophone
Buch
Item no.: 912572
(Revised Edition)
for: Violin
Ensemble score
Item no.: 877283
for: 4 Klarinetten
Book
Item no.: 868350
From "Cavalleria Rusticana"
for: Horn, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 863325
from Bartered Bride
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 867132
op. 113
for: für Soli:Sopran, 2 Bässe, Sprecher, Chor:SATB und Orchester
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1135068
Volume 4
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1565738