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 Geneviève de Brabant
for: Tenor, Baritone and Piano
Book
Item no.: 897298
Blasorchester
Partitur
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 897128
Ouverture
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 904390
Chorus of Street Boys and Cigarette Girls
for: 2-Part Treble Voices and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903470
1st Movement from Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
for: Wind Band
Set of parts
Item no.: 900284
op. 120
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 899856
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 899586
From The Television Show "The Electric Company"
Choir score
Item no.: 1625386
Revised, Edited and Fingered With Annotations By Emil Liebling, Book One
for: Piano
Item no.: 1625347
For Piano
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 1625064
for: Klavier und Gesang (mit Violine/Flöte oder Violoncello obligat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1546081
Kendor Concert String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 935642
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
op. 113
for: für Soli:Sopran, 2 Bässe, Sprecher, Chor:SATB und Orchester
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1135068
aus der Offenbarung des Johannes
for: für Soli: Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Chor SATB, Orgel und Orchester Bass
Choir part
Item no.: 1135571
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1170136
"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
In Honorem St. Caroli Borromaei
for: Women's choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1148346
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
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1620856
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1620637
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 1620531
From Thais
for: Organ
Solostimme
Item no.: 1618332
op. 202
for: Guitar
Item no.: 1618298
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1617140
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1617391
op. 92
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 1617385
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647939
Variations on Three Nocturns, Mvt. 2 "Fetes"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647814
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647702
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647629
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1648335
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1659113
Aragonaise, Habanera, Les Toreadors
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1647314
1st Movement
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1647272
from Piano Trio No. 2
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647218
for: Klarinetten-Ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1647039
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1647586
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Item no.: 1632810
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1646908
Quartet From "The Crucifixion," S.A.T.B., With Optional Organ
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625886
For S.A.T.B. Chorus and Piano
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625565