“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.
Music Minus One
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 465274
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 360651
Stylish Arrangements from the Holiday Classic
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 473749
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 139913
op. posth. 70, Nr. 18
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2939
op. 10, Nr. 2
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1483
aus: Kinderalbum, op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3164
aus der Ballettmusik „Der Nussknacker“, op. 71
leicht bearbeitet für Klavier zu vier Händen
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 5894
D'Apres Le Ballet Op. 66
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 628189
Audio-CD
Item no.: 312790
Promenade
ensemble ad libitum 16
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 614052
aus Streichquartett 1 – für Violoncello und Streichquintett (1888)
Unbekannte Werke der Klassik und Romantik 910
for: Cello solo, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 332402
für Orchester
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 661546
for: 2 Git Vc
Item no.: 636454
für Violoncello und Streichorchester
Stimmensatz (5-5-3-3-2)
for: Cello, strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 660307
for clarinet and piano
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 630729
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 358344
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 609276
de l'opéra "Sadko"
EMB Moments Musicaux for Violoncello 17
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198044
Kezdők zongoramuzsikája – Tchaikovsky
EMB Easy Masterpieces for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197670
Special Order Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 583682
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430678
Unbekannte Werke der Klassik und Romantik
for: Flute, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 223321
Fantasie Orientale
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 135802
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 549337
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 225099
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 155290
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160486
de la symphonie n° 4 en fa mineur opus 36
for: 4 cellos
Score, 4 Single part
Item no.: 460202
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 126336
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 126135
for: 2 violins, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 135078
Klassik
for: 5 guitars
Buch
Item no.: 270275
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 362650
for: FL (OB) KLAV (+ VC)
Item no.: 428582
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 561607
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 561606
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 740
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 487505
Symphonische Dichtung
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 487504
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 555896
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 246050
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 339917
Music for Brass (Robert King)
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 345538
aus "Souvenir de Hapsal" op. 2, Nr. 3
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 660844
Promenade aus: Bilder einer Ausstellung
The Walsh Collection
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 563833
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Volume 2116
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 641239
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