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.
From "The Sufferings of the Queen of France" (No. 5/6)
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3490
op. 15/1
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732219
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 740200
op. 23/2
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722529
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 736084
From "The Sufferings of the Queen of France" (No. 7/8)
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3656
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210396
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052421
Bearbeitung für Kammerorchester (arr. J. Linckelmann)
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1340482
Op. 101 No. 7, Poco lento e grazioso
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357210
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: Solo, Duet, Trio or Quartet for Saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599546
for: Piano, orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251348
for: Piccolo, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1234067
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1234051
for: Soprano saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244642
for: Cello, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244615
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218964
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218955
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1218953
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
1st position
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724817
from the Cello Concerto
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744737
for: Cello
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383557
op. 20
Augsburg, 1797
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5884
„Ha, ha, ha, ha, ich merke wohl an euren werten Nasen“
aus: Sechs Canons zu Drey und Vier Stimmen
Leipzig 1807
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6311
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
Study score
Item no.: 749160
op. 101/7
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 738497
from op. 46 and 72
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741341
Symphonic Poem after K. Jaromir Erben
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 744500
(früher Nr. 2)
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 738694
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 753250
from the Idyll "Ein Sommerabend"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740427
from: 2 Album Leaves
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 728738
from: Symphony No. 9 From the New World
for: Trumpet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724850
op. 29, Nr. 3 (B. 59/3)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2842
from the Idyll "At Twilight"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 754009
from the Idyll "At Twilight"
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 733654
from the Idyll "At Twilight"
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 725424
op. 101 Nr. 3, Poco andante e molto cantabile
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1351075
D
for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051224
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