“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: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 551160
for: BLECH ENSEMBLE SCHLAGZ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551251
op. 48
for: String orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 225130
Fingersatz und spielpraktische Einrichtung von Lev Vinocourop. 40/6
for: Piano
Item no.: 559911
Per Pianoforte
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 257120
Ed. E. Marciano - Per Pianoforte
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 256892
EOS - Eulenburg Orchestral Series (komplett) (complete)
for: Cello, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 488677
for: Violin, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 560094
Lyrische Szenen in 3 Aufzügen op. 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 357095
op. 26
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 357020
Belle Epoque Russe
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197588
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 602271
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198404
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 491699
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Clarinet
for: Clarinet
CD-ROM
Item no.: 585082
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 134394
for: 3 GES (SSA) FCH KLAV
Score
Item no.: 366573
aus der Symphonie Nr. 6
for: Organ
Item no.: 426159
aus dem Streichquartett Nr. 1
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 372389
Nr. 20b Arie des Fürsten Gremin F-Durop. 24
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 457328
Am Felsenufer toben ungestüm die Wellen
aus "Sadko" (1896) in d-Moll
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 358833
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358992
über russische Themen
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358931
Opera in 3 scenes
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 159378
from "Swan Lake"
for: Trumpet, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 462209
Ausgewählte Stücke
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 282803
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 288011
for: 4 Klarinetten
Buch
Item no.: 147588
aus dem Streichquartett op. 11, bearbeitet für Posaunenquartett
Edition Wiener Posaunenquartett
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 154860
Originalfassung
for: Piano Reduction
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175185
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Trumpet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 473861
Organ in Concert 042
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 108590
Oper in 3 Akten nach N. Gogol
Russische Musik der Moderne
Piano reduction
Item no.: 193879
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 128889
for: Piano, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 129118
for: 2 pianos
Item no.: 129088
op. 37a
for: Piano
Item no.: 494997
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 132886
Oboe & Klavier
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593414
Klassik
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286161
op. 35
for: Violin, orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1356604
Southern Music
for: Klarinettenchor
Buch
Item no.: 925387
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667594
for: Flexible ensemble (8 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309259
Piano, Guitar, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308936
from the Opera Mlada
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285340
Klassik
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285182
from Swan Lake Op. 20
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285181
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