“Where the heart does not enter; there can be no music” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
What is hidden in the heart of Russian music? Pain and suffering, love and passion, a simple and vulnerable human soul, that never loses its pride and confidence. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore for yourself the deepest reaches of the romantic Russian composers’ souls today.
As was very prevalent around Europe at the time, a strong national movement emerged in Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. The defeat of the Napoleonic armies in 1812 united the Russian nation, and created a great opportunity for the development of music and culture. The Russian National School was born from the synthesis of Russian folk music, exotic imports, and European musical influences, and was renowned for its profound emotions and its new and progressive harmonic, melodic and rhythmic structures. Michail Iwanowitsch Glinka is deemed by many to be the founder of the Russian National School, and he was closely followed by Alexander Sergejewitsch Dargomyschski.
“The Mighty Handful” or “The Group of Five” (also known as “The Novators” or “The New Russian School”) was an association of five prominent composers, whose aim was to create a specifically Russian style of music, and not to imitate older European models. The group was founded in 1856, and its comprised of Mili Balakirew, César Antonowitsch Cui, Alexander Borodin, Modest Petrovitsch Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The Might Handful taught many other great Russian composers, who also took up their style and supported their values, including the romantic composer Alexander Glazunov and the modernists Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky and Dmitri Shostakovich.
The most important Russian composer of the 19th century is without a doubt Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky’s music reflects his profound, melancholy inner world, while embracing Russian folk music, in all its authentic beauty. The Symphonies by Tchaikovsky count amongst some of the best orchestral works of the 19th century, as do his trio of Ballets Sleeping Beauty , Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, with which the composer raised the whole form to a new level.
“Music is no illusion, but rather a revelation. Its triumphant power lies in the fact that it reveals to us beauties we find in no other sphere; and the apprehension of them is not transitory, but a perpetual reconcilement to life.” Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The last of the late Romantic Russian composers are Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin. While Rachmaninoff generally remains true to the Russian musical legacy of the 19th century, there are many modern elements in Scriabin’s music, particularly in his use of harmony and instrumentation.
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 1137025
Book
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Scherzo & Finale
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1068284
Lyrische Szenen in 3 Akten und 7 Szenen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1009233
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's Choir [SSA] and Piano 4 Hands
Choir score
Item no.: 937891
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1062528
Third Movement
Daehn Publications
for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
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From 6th Symphony
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
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Book
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Book
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Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Polka
Book
Item no.: 1204713
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1068607
Theme
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1138680
3rd Movement
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1593657
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1108006
Waltz
for: Concert band
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Saxophone Ensemble [SSAATBar]
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
for: Piano, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1193982
for: SAX QUINTETT (SAATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 331487
EOS - Eulenburg Orchestral Series
Orchesterstimme Cello
for: Cello, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
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for: Accordion orchestra
Score
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for: Salon orchestra
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for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
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for: B INST (KLAR) KLAV
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for: FL (VL/OB) VA KLAV
Stimmen-Set
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for: 5 saxophones
Item no.: 158748
for: FL KLAR TRP POS
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for: Classical
Buch
Item no.: 249573
(Urtext)
for: Piano
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Item no.: 620882
for: Children's Choir
Book
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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F-Dur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Numbers 1-4
for: Horn
Music score
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Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible Instrumentation
Score, Parts
Item no.: 477828
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Piano
Score, Parts
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Lyrical Scenes in 3 actes
Lyric book
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