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.
Urtextausgabe
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 673064
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Wind instruments, Cello, double bass
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663351
for: Harfe (Klavier)
Item no.: 549623
op. 87
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 607094
Insieme Con La Musica
for: Clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 143889
Study score
Item no.: 610872
transcribed for guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 361582
IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me - Op. 55
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1275721
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 676474
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 103892
Emmanuel Pahud presents
The Flute Collection
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 686452
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, 2 solo parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630326
für 4 Violoncelli
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 108686
Musica Rara
for: 2 clarinets, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 414191
Musica Rara
for: 2 clarinets, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 182457
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163727
Orchesterfassung
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 246105
From The Largo Of The Symphony "From The New World," Op. 95op. 95
for: Frauenchor (SSA) und Klavier (Orgel)
Choir score
Item no.: 1618335
Correspondence dispatched 1885-1889
Book
Item no.: 767844
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 983116
Appendix to Schradieck Scales
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316376
The Music of Rollo Dilworth
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 692205
13 Duette, Band 1
Simrock Original Edition
for: 2 voices (SA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 357083
Critical commentary
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 679799
Das bekannte Largo aus der Symphonie “Neue Welt” von Antonín Dvořák in einer Bearbeitung für Soloinstrument und Orgel von Alexander Därr.
for: Oboe, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 1684819
für Orchester
Harmoniestimmen
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 678267
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663930
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963692
for: Cello, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687775
über "Was soll ich in der Fremde thun" op. 29 (1828–1829)
for: Piano, viola da gamba
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1021489
Two Works by Dvorák & Smetana
Masterworks for Violin
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 780730
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 876366
for: Wind Quintet and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1191296
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1215052
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1329611
Shawnee Press
for: Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1655805
Erstes Heft
Rosewood Facsimlie Editions
for: Violin, cello, piano (four hands)
Ensemble score, 2 Parts
Item no.: 495533
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951553
('Spinning Song') From Concert Etudes, Op. 55, No. 1op. 55/1
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 900664
Messe
for: Soprano, Alto or Bass Solo, SSAA, Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908444
for: Guitar Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113239
From The Largo Of The Symphony "From The New World," Op. 95 Three-Part Song for Soprano, Alto, and Baritoneop. 95
for: Chor (SAB) und Klavier (Orgel)
Choir score
Item no.: 1618911
Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonín Dvorák
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 881930
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971823
Together We Sing Series
for: SAB
Choir score
Item no.: 1656029
op. 55
for: Piano
Spielpartitur
Item no.: 1204030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1201372
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Double Bass
for: Double bass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204354
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