The most prominent member of the so-called “Group of Five” was the Russian composer Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov (1844-1908). He drew not only from the wealth of Russian folk songs, sophisticated instrumentation and progressive western compositional models, but also from oriental elements and new, modern tonal brilliance. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at Scheherazade and many other brilliant compositions by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov today!
At the age of 27, Rimsky-Korsakov was already so famous and technically revered, that he became professor of composition and instrumentation at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. His students included Alexander Glazunov and Igor Stravinsky. It was not only his musical ideas which were way ahead of their time, but also his social and political views, especially his support of the 1905 revolution, and his public criticism of the Russian tsarist system. Rimsky-Korsakov’s greatest attribute was his truthful portrayal of Russian folk life, past and present, using well-developed instrumental, harmonic and dramatic methods.
The genre which most intrigued Rimsky-Korsakov was Opera. He composed a total of fifteen operas, mostly on historical and fairy tale themes. His symphonic works were also very successful, significant highlights however, are not his three symphonies, but his programme music (especially “Scheherazade” and “Capriccio Espagnol”). His Chamber Music and Art Song did not enjoy quite the same reception as his operatic or orchestral works, nor did his rather underrated Piano Concerto in C# Minor. The most popular composition by Rimsky-Korsakow is widely considered the infamous Flight of the Bumblebee, which is available in numerous instrumental arrangements.
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382397
Book
Item no.: 965928
Carpe Diem Wood Wind Series
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668219
Studienpartitur (2 Bände)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 478756
in einem Prolog und 4 Akten
Studienpartitur (kyr) + Libretto (dt)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 563834
for: Oboe
Item no.: 122752
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1583308
für Sopranblockflöte und Klavier
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 645566
from "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 747656
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554300
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640076
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548932
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 332298
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 138578
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 286173
for: POS HBL ENSEMBLE
Score, Parts
Item no.: 431096
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358827
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 899825
for: Ensemble in variabler Besetzung
Score, Parts
Item no.: 156340
for: 2 Violas and Piano
Book
Item no.: 145616
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 358658
for: Trombone, concert band
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 198452
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 198314
for: 5 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285350
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313089
for: Cornet, brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1315363
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286172
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286170
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286153
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281800
for: Flute, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301376
for: Clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301373
for: Tenor saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301354
for: Horn (E-flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301346
for: Trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301343
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301335
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587610
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595114
for: Trumpet, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596587
for: Solo for Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, F Horn, Eb Horn, Trombone or Euphonium & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589626
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593411
for: Flute, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244715
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244708
for: Soprano saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244698
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244696
for: Alto saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244695
for: Horn (E-flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244685
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244666