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.
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237202
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 490277
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 490274
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 490273
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237203
Initiation in Orchestral–Playing
Volume 3: Bowing and Manner of Playing
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279769
60 besondere Übungen für Violine zur Ausbildung der linken Hand
Heft 3
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 392895
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 371137
Vorbereitung zum Orchesterspiel
Band 4: Verzierungen und Schreibarten
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279770
Schule
for: Viola
Study book
Item no.: 889802
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 174865
Vorbereitung zum Orchesterspiel
Band 5: Rezitativ-Beispiele
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279771
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 260864
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 135001
Vorbereitung zum Konzertspiel (mit Klavierbegleitung)
Band 6: Daumen-Einsatz und 10 kleinere Etüden
for: Double bass
Music lesson book
Item no.: 279776
20 studi sui cambiamenti di posizione
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 766261
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 772174
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 294415
für Flöte
(aus "40 Etüden op. 73 für Violoncello")
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 684690
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529332
E minor, op. 95, 2nd movement
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727915
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747685
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