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 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 103892
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 676474
for: Harfe (Klavier)
Item no.: 549623
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 686452
transcribed for guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 361582
for: Wind instruments, Cello, double bass
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663351
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 108686
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630326
for: 2 clarinets, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 182457
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163727
op. 87
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 607094
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 246105
Study score
Item no.: 610872
for: 2 clarinets, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 414191
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696033
op. 46/3, 6, 8
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 182946
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE KONTRABASS KONTRABASS SOLO
Item no.: 138118
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 631691
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 632168
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773560
from "Gipsy Melodies"
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 357504
für 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 382978
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 606767
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 486847
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 486579
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 586174
for: Cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 190080
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680213
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 184253
for: Voice, organ
Score
Item no.: 279302
From the New World
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 198767
bearbeitet nach dem berühmten Largo "Aus der neuen Welt" Sinfonie Es-Durop. 95
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 347997
Documents Sectiom 1–9
Book
Item no.: 767843
Correspondence recieved 1896-1904
Book
Item no.: 767839
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1020833
English only
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 318335
for: Marimba
Music score
Item no.: 1106933
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316335
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 559838
Three Modern Greek Poems
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 668583
FJH Masterworks for Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 968585
Correspondence recieved 1885-1892
Book
Item no.: 767838
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 145600
Correspondence dispatched 1890–1895
Book
Item no.: 767834
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1559515
for: Voice (soprano), concert band
Score
Item no.: 1198460
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 611991
Simrock Original Edition
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 357567
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