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: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201308
Musica Rara
for: Bläser-Ensemble (Bläser (8))
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1639677
for: Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1593456
From the New World
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144253
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 888818
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 1108119
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612985
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612984
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 265596
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 558223
Score
Item no.: 103927
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 147612
for: Violine, Klavier, [Violine, Violoncello, [Kontrabass]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 216944
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 210719
(Urtext)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 210715
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 125705
Finale Excerpts
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1059874
Getting It Together
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 377072
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 658006
aus: Biblische Lieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 238121
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936884
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 943726
From Serenade For Winds Op. 44
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1115000
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1017692
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Violoncello
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675369
Repertoire Explorer
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1344089
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1005412
Klassik
for: SSSA & Organ
Book
Item no.: 1006063
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949525
"From the New World"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693651
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1212172
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1646579
Second Movement
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1647235
Walton Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985164
for: Cello, orchestra
Set of parts, Solo part
Item no.: 609484
op. 104
for: Flöte und Streichquartett
Item no.: 1352143
Zigeunermelodieop. 55/4
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 1539053
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: String orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1534813
20 Etüden: Lagenwechsel
Heft 3
Heft 3
for: Violin
Single part(n)
Item no.: 138701
“From the New World”
Revised new edition of score and orchestral parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229077
3 Lieder
for: Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Klavier
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 1535043
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1024434
Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonín Dvorák I/9
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 114312
"Bohemian Suite"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 188941
for: 2 Horns and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166934
Piano plus Partner
for: Violin, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 299974
op. 69
for: Violin
Item no.: 353807
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1202572
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