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.
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197923
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197443
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1208865
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 318737
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675046
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Score, Parts
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for: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 368365
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
Piano score, parts
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for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
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for: Tuba (E-flat), guitar
Sheet music
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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for: Cello
Item no.: 392875
for: Solo, Duet, Trio or Quartet for Clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1570780
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
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12 Etüden in der 2. und 3. Lage und Lagenwechsel 1-3
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 749088
2nd movement from Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, op. 95
for: Violin-Ensemble (3-4 Violinen)
Music score
Item no.: 761165
Arrangement for 4 cellos by Catalin Ilea
for: 4 cellos
Partitur und Stimmen Violoncello I, Violoncello II, Violoncello III, Violoncello IV
Item no.: 795530
from the Idyll "At Twilight"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754025
from the Idyll "At Twilight"
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754007
for: Solo, Duet, Trio or Quartet for Woodwinds
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599545
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665907
op. 23
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 723076
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Music score
Item no.: 1341275
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
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for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
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for: Trombone (C), organ
Score, part
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for: Flugelhorn, Horn, Trombone & Piano
Sheet music
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Final Theme
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
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for: 4 trumpets [5 cornets]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607462
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
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for: Concert band
Sheet music
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for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
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for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607228
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607226
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & Orchestra
Sheet music
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for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
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for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
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for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
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for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
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for: Baritone saxophone, piano
Sheet music
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for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
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for: Cello, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 122659
for: 1–2 cellos
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4021
for: 1–2 cellos
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4394
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050056
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