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.
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Revidierte Ausgabe mit neuer Klavierbegleitung von J. Schlichting
DOWANI 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Cello, piano [2 cellos]
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
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Edited after sketches, autographs and the First Edition
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182150
with marked and unmarked string part
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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Critical commentary
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Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666933
for: Cello, piano
Book
Item no.: 976671
Edition Pro Salon
for: 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano (quintet)
Item no.: 343954
for: 2 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 163916
(Hohe Schule) of Cello Playing, Op. 76
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 643577
Transcribed for Viola and Piano
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 383422
op. 100
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 401391
revised 2008
for: Cello
Music score
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Orgelfassung mit zusätzlichen Stimmen von Violoncello und Kontrabass
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
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String Solo
for: Violin
Music score
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English only
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
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Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: Marimba
Music score
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for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Set of parts
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for: Voice (low), piano
Book
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aus der Sinfonie Nr. 9 "Aus der Neuen Welt" op. 95
for: Trombone (C), organ
Score, part
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for: Violin, string orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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Transkriptionen klassischer Musik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Reprint
Beyond the Waves
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Cello
for: Cello
CD-ROM
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for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
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Nr. 5: Ein Sommertag (dt.)
Leuckart-Chorblatt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 223287
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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aus der Symphonie Nr. 9 "Aus der Neuen Welt"
Brass Musik, Band 10
for: 5 brass winds
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for: Clarinet, piano
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for: AKK (1-2)
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
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Klassik
for: Men's Voices
Choir score
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for: String orchestra
Study score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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Walzer op.286
for: Accordion
Music score
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Edición Ibérica
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
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12 Klavierstücke
Gesamtausgabe der Werke von Antonín Dvorák V/2
for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding)
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Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 348751
for two Clarinets and orchestra
first movement
for: 2 clarinets, concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Accordion orchestra
Score
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Orchesterfassung
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Marsch
aus der Reihe "Light & Flexi Plus"
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Item no.: 205028
(Urtext)
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
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Bläserfassung
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score
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