The 19th century stands for industrialization, change and revolution throughout Europe, but also for the struggle for national identity and self-determination. Against the background of forced Germanization, and the suppression of an independent Czech culture in the German, Austrian, Hungarian region, composers such as Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák embodied Czech Romanticism in the music world. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonderful music by Czech romantic composers today.
The struggle for a true Czech national identity became the decisive engine driving change in Czech society and culture. Music proved to be an excellent instrument for expressing this new national movement, and was perfected by the most important representatives of Czech romanticism:
One of the greatest Czech nationalist composers Bedřich Smetana was actually born into a German family, and baptized “Friedrich”. As a young man he spoke only a little Czech. It was this ’German Czech’ who became the founder of Czech national music, and also the conductor of the Czech National Theater in Prague. The programmatic cycle of the symphonic poems “My Fatherland” with the movement Vltava is known to every schoolchild in the Czech Republic today.
Just as Smetana contributed to the formation of a national identity within the Czech region, Antonín Dvořák was also instrumental in the popularization of Czech music around Europe and further afield. Dvořák is arguably the most famous Czech composer of all time, and one of the few who became famous in Europe, Russia and the USA during his lifetime. Dvořák’s music is characterized by a combination of precise compositional craftsmanship and unique Slavic melodies. Dvořák’s Symphonies and symphonic poems are part of the core repertoire of all orchestras around the world today.
More influential yet lesser-known Czech romantic composers include Zdeněk Fibich and Josef Suk. Take a look at Piano Works by Zdeněk Fibich and Chamber Music by Josef Suk, which are real hidden gems.
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1127555
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1134804
from the Cello Concerto
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744737
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 404515
op. 106
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 357510
(original in Ges-Dur)op. 101/7
for: Piano
Item no.: 357323
op. 65
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 357019
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 493721
for: Piano 4 hands
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Transkriptionen klassischer Musik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1059540
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685600
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701597
for: Violin [flute], viola, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 777024
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 361250
Piano reduction
Item no.: 247426
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 114476
for: Violin, piano
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 114155
for: 3-Part Mixed and Opt. Soloist
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910152
for: Youth string orchestra; piano, percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761922
for: Cello
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383557
for viola
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 162912
Transkription für Orgel
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 164836
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Voice, strings
Study score
Item no.: 391565
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 191772
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 149015
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, part
Item no.: 1199657
for: GES-M (BAR) ORG LAT
Vocal score, ensemble scores
Item no.: 114511
op. 101/7
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 140111
bearbeitet nach dem berühmten Largo "Aus der neuen Welt" Sinfonie Des-Durop. 95
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 357331
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
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Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonín Dvorák III/12
for: Cello, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 103953
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 357231
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 243544
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 663248
für die Violine - als Unterrichtsmaterial zu jeder Violinschule (Technik) (Technique)
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 357681
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 351483
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 462424
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1201373
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156317
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 963691
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 940523
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947398
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1026711
for: Piano
Item no.: 604423
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 1208092
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 395689
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 329048
for: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, bassoon
Score
Item no.: 297893
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