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.
Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonín Dvorák VI/1
for: GES-M (BAR) ORG LAT
Vocal score, ensemble scores
Item no.: 114511
Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonín Dvorák IV/5
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 114476
for: Violin, piano
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 114155
op. 101/7
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Item no.: 193392
op. 101/7
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 140111
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 156317
for viola
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 162912
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 163733
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Study score
Item no.: 164875
Transkription für Orgel
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 164836
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 159512
20 Studi Sulle Trasposizioni
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 257405
Zehnsätzige Fassung
Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonín Dvorák II/1
Piano reduction
Item no.: 247426
Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonín Dvorák III/12
for: Cello, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 103953
Musica Rara (Breitkopf)
for: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons (winds octet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 277335
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 610873
op. 56/6
for: Piano
Item no.: 604423
op. 46/7
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 462424
op. 101/7
for: Organ
Item no.: 1539130
op. 103
for: Sopran, Bass, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 1538913
Arrangement für 4 Violoncelli von Catalin Ileaop. 104
for: 4 cellos
Partitur und Stimmen
Item no.: 1538845
from Mass in D
for: Chor (SATB) und Klavier (Orgel)
Choir score
Item no.: 885739
op. 104B 191
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 351483
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 350625
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 379231
Opera arias for soprano and orchestra
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Piano reduction, CD
Item no.: 370537
Music Minus One Viola
for: Viola
Buch + CD
Item no.: 372065
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 404258
Band 1
Simrock Original Edition
for: Voice (low), piano
Item no.: 357587
Kritische Ausgabe
Sonderanferugung
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 361250
Faksimileop. 33
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 329048
Musica Rara
for: Flute, oboe, orchestra
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 414281
op. 106
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 357510
bearbeitet nach dem berühmten Largo "Aus der neuen Welt" Sinfonie Des-Durop. 95
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 357331
(original in Ges-Dur)op. 101/7
for: Piano
Item no.: 357323
op. 94
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 357231
op. 65
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 357019
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Voice, strings
Study score
Item no.: 391565
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391546
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391782
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 404515
SaxoPhonPower Vol. 16
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, part
Item no.: 1199657
op. 181
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 1208092
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 663248
Music Minus One Violin
for: Violin
Buch + CD
Item no.: 465318
aus der Idylle "Am Abend"op. 39
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 471121
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685600
for: Wind instruments, Cello, double bass
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 773490
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