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: Tuba (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244666
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272489
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271762
Hummelflug
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1209889
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 559684
Oper in vier Akten
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Study scores
Item no.: 581099
Conservatory Editions
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 351102
für Marimba zu 4 Händen Spielpartitur
for: Marimba zu vier Händen
Ensemble score
Item no.: 636025
Collection Anacrouse
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1323973
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 993772
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 473537
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 890624
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 986484
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 945242
for: Viola
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204416
for: Klarinettenchor
Buch
Item no.: 923387
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 815687
for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
for: Flöte, Klarinette, Horn, Fagott und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 722564
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048363
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1000321
from the Opera "Sadko"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 723409
Collection "duo"
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1073037
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1127644
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684120
for: SCHLAGINSTRUMENTE STABSPIELE UND ORFF-INSTRUMENTE STABSPIELE UND ORFF-INSTRUMENTE UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 215533
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279676
for: Oboe, piano
Item no.: 286174
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358859
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 358716
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391711
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 404222
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 486088
for: Solo for Flute, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet or Cornet, Alto Trombone, Bass Trombone or Tuba & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579247
for: Solo for Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Eb or F Horn, Trombone or Euphonium & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579245
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285343
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281803
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593412
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272426
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244716
for: Oboe, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244714
for: Oboe, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244713
for: Tenor recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244702
for: Horn (F), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244687
for: Violin, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244676
for: Tuba (E-flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244665
for: Tuba (B flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244663
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311314
for: Oboe, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301374