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: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 607932
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 181142
for: Cello
Item no.: 392873
Orchesterfassung
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237025
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1696768
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1072547
Reprint
Beyond the Waves
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1355869
for: Voice (low), piano
Book
Item no.: 1659500
Furiant
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290793
Marsch
aus der Reihe "Light & Flexi Plus"
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796989
Walzer op.286
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 129040
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 294807
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 603074
12 Klavierstücke
Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonín Dvorák V/2
for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 103964
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052421
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1037853
aus der Sinfonie Nr. 9 "Aus der Neuen Welt" op. 95
for: Trombone (C), organ
Score, part
Item no.: 781333
(Urtext)
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 132803
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 348751
for two Clarinets and orchestra
first movement
for: 2 clarinets, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 347374
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 167682
Opus 72, No. 2
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298930
Opus 72, No. 2
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298927
Opus 72, No. 2
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298918
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 495474
Edition Pro Salon
for: Flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano
Item no.: 158196
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1129380
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 350625
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579040
for: 5 trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579037
for: 4 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579030
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601318
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601310
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601304
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1601302
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1578369
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1578363
for: Piccolo, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1572485
from Symphony Nr. 9 The New World
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596532
IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me - Op. 55
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275719
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218964
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218955
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218948
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218947
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607242
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607465
for: Piccolo, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607247
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