“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.
Easy Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 280066
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1213094
for: 2 violins, piano
Item no.: 343787
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 493654
Neuausgabe in Originaltonarten
Russisch / Deutsch (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Voice (high/medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 181160
Zehn Stücke
for: Piano
Item no.: 287398
Nr. 8 Romanze Paulinens und russisches Liedop. 68
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 299060
op. 2/3
for: Violin [flute], piano
Item no.: 356264
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 287089
op. 42/2
for: für Violine und Klavier
Item no.: 140849
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1591244
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 206629
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384081
Music for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 810203
Neue Bearbeitungen
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 562091
für Gesang und Klavier (kyr)
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1586362
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1379643
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1386136
op.37b
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204054
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384397
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1386495
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1386486
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385418
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382270
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382771
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380330
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049335
Book
Item no.: 1203634
Finale From Act Iv
Book
Item no.: 1203620
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374581
for: Choral
Item no.: 1378038
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1383184
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1383173
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383172
String Solo
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 316387
Easy Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315292
Willis
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 934091
Willis
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 128798
EMB Moments Musicaux for Violoncello 6
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1678202
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677932
op. 58
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 722557
Easy Favorite Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972519
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1583453
Waltz from the ballet Sleeping Beauty
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677298
für großes Blechensemble, Pauken, Schlagwerk und 2 Harfen
for: Brass ensemble, timpani, percussion, 2 harps
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1018126
No. 4 for piano in Tchaikovsky's own arrangement for cello and string orchestra
for: Cello, orchestra
Stimmensatz 2 Flöten 1/2, 2 Oboe 1/2, Klarinette 1, Klarinette 2, Fagott 1, Fagott 2, Horn 1, Horn 2, Violoncello solo, 6 Violine 1, 6 Violine 2, 5 Viola, 4 Violoncello, 3 Kontrabass
Item no.: 758651
Edition Schott
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 726226
(from Pictures at an Exhibition)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741374
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