Intermediate Classical Music (Romantic) Sheet Music

'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' is a Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection 'Hymns and Sacred Poems', having been written by Charles Wesley but this is not the version widely kno...

The score of "La Gioconda" is best known for its ballet divertimento "The Dance of the Hours". The tangled story of passion, intrigue, violence and eventual tragedy is set against the grim splendour o...

The score of "La Gioconda" is best known for its ballet divertimento "The Dance of the Hours". The tangled story of passion, intrigue, violence and eventual tragedy is set against the grim splendour o...

While Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870) may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as impressive a number of works as...

Alfredo Catalani's Opera "La Wally" is best known for its aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana". He had composed that aria independently as "Chanson Groënlandaise" in 1878 and later incorporated it into his...

Alfredo Catalani's Opera "La Wally" is best known for its aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana". He had composed that aria independently as "Chanson Groënlandaise" in 1878 and later incorporated it into his...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas.Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melo...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas.Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melo...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera "Les contes d'Hoffman", but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

At the end of his life Offenbach composed his opera "Les contes d'Hoffman", but unfortunately he was not able to finish it. The plot tells the story of the poet Hoffmann telling three of his amorous a...

As a composer Franz Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe', (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to gif hi...

As a composer Franz Lehár started with contributions to the opera-genre but the great triumph of his first operetta 'Die lustige Witwe', (The merry widow), in 1905 made him clear that he had to gif hi...

Johann Strauss wrote the "Russische Marsch-Fantasie" (Russian March Fantasy) for a tour to Russia in 1872. Because the tour was cancelled, the successful first performance of the march was held in Vie...

The Carnival of Venice is a popular Italian folk tune associated with the words "My hat, it has three corners." It was heard in Venice by the virtuoso violinist Nicolo Paganini and made famous in his...

Künstlerleben (Artist's Life) op. 316 is a waltz written by Johann Strauss jr. in 1867, following closely on the success of the popular "The Blue Danube" waltz. The waltz was presented at the "Hesperu...

Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The chorus "Vivat! Vivat le Toréro!" is sung in the second act of the...

Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The chorus "Vivat! Vivat le Toréro!" is sung in the second act of the...

The oratorio "Mors et Vita" (Death and Life) is the continuation of "The Redemption" and was the second of a proposed trilogy of oratorios written on commission by Charles Gounod for the Birmingham Fe...

'Die Afrikanerin', is a Viennese quadrille which Johann Strauss based on the themes from Meyerbeer's opera 'L'Africaine'. It was first heard in the Vienna Volksgarten on 7 July 1865 during a musical n...

'Die Afrikanerin', is a Viennese quadrille which Johann Strauss based on the themes from Meyerbeer's opera 'L'Africaine'. It was first heard in the Vienna Volksgarten on 7 July 1865 during a musical n...

Pablo de Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen" (Gypsy Airs) for Violin and Orchestra was written in 1878 and premiered during the same year in Leipzig. It is based on themes of the Roma people, specifically the...

Classical composers who have used csárdás themes in their works include Emmerich Kálmán, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Léo Delibes, Johann Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and othe...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hänsel und Gretel" was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based on the Grimm...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hänsel und Gretel" was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based on the Grimm...

The Polka 'Fata Morgana', Opus 330 was written by Johann Strauss for the grand ball of the Association of Artists in Vienna, which was held in Dianabad-Saal on 1 February 1869. All three Strauss broth...