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: SSSA & Organ
Book
Item no.: 1006063
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1005412
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
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936884
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 943726
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 558223
for: 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1349896
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1202572
Polka für Blaskapelle
for: Small wind band
Flugelhorn 1 in Bb (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1556380
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615889
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1615890
Viola
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668426
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089728
for: Orchestra
STR / ST
Item no.: 615640
for: 4 cellos
Single parts Cellos 1–4
Item no.: 795968
for: Violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 114149
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114132
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 104187
für 6 Violoncelli
for: 6 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673289
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1349908
aus: Biblische Lieder
Organ reduction
Item no.: 238085
aus: Biblische Lieder
Organ reduction
Item no.: 238076
"From the New World"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693653
Arrangement for Soloists, Choir and Chamber Orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 642337
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 260748
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1109004
Repertoire Explorer
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344384
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1201988
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202488
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 630020
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949657
Prüfungsliteratur
for: 2 Cellos and Piano
Book
Item no.: 163589
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 161314
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Viola
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675368
for: 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns, 2 Bassoons, Double Bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 889717
set of string parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1211898
op. 72/2
for: 3 Blockflöten (SAT) und Klavier
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1544644
Ouvertüreop. 25
for: Orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1585115
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 873413
Walzer
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102337
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 302880
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1203702
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020892
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1066447
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 692606
(1876/77)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343443
für Streichorchester
Urtextausgabe
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678713