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: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 594354
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595110
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594823
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 201444
for: Euphonium, piano
Piano score, solo part (treble and bass clef)
Item no.: 1591074
for: FL SOLO FL ENSEMBLE
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1660874
Variationen g-Moll für Oboe und Militärkapelle
Konzert Es-Dur für Klarinette und Militärkapelle
for: ORCHESTERWERKE BLASORCHESTER
Item no.: 1344633
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345347
for: Bläserquintett
Buch
Item no.: 631812
Oper in einem Akt und zwei Szenen op. 48
Dramatische Szenen nach Alexander Puschkin
Reprint
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 563825
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 986213
Chromatik für Virtuosen
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 141206
for: Opera
Piano reduction
Item no.: 942296
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951595
for: Accordion
Item no.: 311362
nach einem Thema von Rimsky-Korsakov
Franz Lambert
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 307883
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 272144
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 268350
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Book
Item no.: 168777
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 358731
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358991
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 212128
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 214796
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [cornet], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 881618
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197558
for: Cello, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301333
for: Euphonium, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301328
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301267
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281797
for: Baritone saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286165
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286160
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286156
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286152
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Item no.: 129056
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198686
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285345
for: Trombone, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 590793
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594282
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 599054
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 595355
for: Accordion & Brass Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595132
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249544
for: Solo for Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Eb or F Horn, Trombone or Euphonium & String Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607668
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262064
for: bass clarinet, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244709
for: Bass recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244700
for: Baritone saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244692
for: Viola, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244673