Intermediate Classical Music (Romantic) Sheet Music

Mendelssohn described his 1840 work Lobgesang as “a symphony for chorus and orchestra”. It is now firmly established in the standard repertoire of the major oratorio choirs. For many choirs, Lobgesang...

As an acclaimed opera composer, Georges Bizet admitted that he had no real sensibility for sacred music. His Te Deum is nonetheless a truly fascinating and highly expressive work. From the majestic "T...

Anyone who is familiar with Bruckner's symphonies and great masses will probably be astonished upon hearing his Missa solemnis of 1854: can the tradition of the Viennese classics still be so clearly e...

Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio "Paulus" under the influence of the revival of J. S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" (1829), which he himself conducted. He integrated choral movements into "Paulu...

A mass setting by Robert Schumann? This is still likely to cause surprise among audiences – after all, Schumann is not generally viewed as a sacred composer. Indeed, his little-known late work, the Mi...

A mass setting by Robert Schumann? This is still likely to cause surprise among audiences – after all, Schumann is not generally viewed as a sacred composer. Indeed, his little-known late work, the Mi...

Immerse yourself in the magnificent sonic world of French Romanticism: With the fourth volume of the "Complete Organ Works", the renowned Wiener Urtext Edition presents a musical legacy of timeless gr...

Kurt Weill (1900-1950) was best-known work is "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("Threepenny Opera") (1928), a reworking of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera", written in collaboration with Bertolt Brecht. Weill's...

The romantic, picturesque and dramatic appeal of medieval Christianity furnished Richard Wagner, after 'Tannhäuser', with 'Lohengrin'. It's a romantic opera in three acts first performed in 1850 in We...

Camille Saint-Saëns’ Clarinet Sonata, Op. 167, is one of the composer’s late chamber music works and reflects a refined, transparent, and highly condensed musical language. Composed toward the end of...

Camille Saint-Saëns’ Clarinet Sonata, Op. 167, is one of the composer’s late chamber music works and reflects a refined, transparent, and highly condensed musical language. Composed toward the end of...

New 'cross over' arrangement, as recorded on 'Cafe Paradiso'. Transposed to A minor, a more 'guitar friendly' key. Aside from the introduction, the coda, and some slight rhythmic and phrasing variatio...

Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Italian opera: With the 'Fantasia on Themes from La Traviata' for classical guitar, Schott Music brings the unforgettable melodies of Giuseppe Verdi's mast...

Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana for piano is a cycle of eight contrasting pieces composed in 1838. The work belongs to one of Schumann's most creative periods. It was influenced by the writings of auth...

Marie-Auguste Durand (1830-1909), a multifaceted Frenchman, was a composer, editor, music critic, businessman, and advocate for contemporary music. As a composer, he wrote much sacred and secular voca...

Composed in 1876, Dvorák's only piano concerto has been overshadowed by his other two concertos, for violin and violoncello, respectively. Performers and editors have often attempted to upgrade this p...

Schumann's 'Arabeske' and 'Blumenstück' were both composed while he was living in Vienna from October 1838 to April 1839, and are thus companions to such major piano pieces as the 'Fantasy in C major'...

The significance of Liszt's late piano pieces has been the subject of much debate. On the one hand they are considered heralds of the elderly Liszt's waning inspiration; on the other hand, they are pr...

The Fantasia in F minor op. 103 - D 940 which was completed in April 1828, the last year of Schubert's life, was followed in May by the equally popular Allegro in A minor op. post. 144 - D 947 and in...

Schubert’s piano sonatas reflect the entire cosmos of his distinctive writing, spanning from an early experimentation with this form to the iconic last three sonatas, which the composer completed in 1...

Fauré's 'Pavane' was composed for orchestra in 1887, followed by a version for chorus and orchestra in that same year. Three decades later Serge Diaghilev had it choreographed for his Ballets russes -...

Schubert’s Fantasy in F minor is one of the most important compositions in the piano four-hands repertoire. Its four thematically related movements are played one after the other without interruption....

It is not surprising that Johannes Brahms, an exponent of Romanticism, bestowed his special interest on piano music, since the piano enjoyed great popularity among the rising bourgeoisie of the 19th c...

Schubert was visibly adventurous in his early piano sonatas, as is apparent in their wide-ranging key schemes, diverging versions of many movements or entire sonatas, and numerous works left incomplet...

Schubert’s piano sonatas written between 1818 and 1825 comprise four completed and five unfinished works. His breakthrough came with the Sonata in C major D 840, known as the “Reliquie”, the Sonata in...