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: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286167
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035497
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683057
op. 7/3
for: mittlere oder tiefe Stimme und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 759143
Study score
Item no.: 399750
for: Double bass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204354
Illustrated book, CD
Item no.: 779500
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 286055
for: Clarinet, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 154141
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392480
Item no.: 353979
Seven pieces for string quartet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 358772
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358706
Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198646
Carpe Diem Wood Wind Series
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1010583
Russischer Text
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 1682154
for: Flute, Violin and Piano
Book
Item no.: 972476
for: Organ
Item no.: 277240
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 971844
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 988977
for: Trombone, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559919
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560849
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 358344
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344262
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994933
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book
Item no.: 904905
for: Horn
CD-ROM
Item no.: 487425
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 926103
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 986432
for: Clarinet
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204388
for: Bassoon
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204381
for: Harp, Keyboard and Others
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204337
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 814260
Carpe Diem Wood Wind Series
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 771025
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298661
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316836
for: Treble recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301364
for: Bass recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301361
for: Euphonium, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301329
from the Opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 731590
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 594359
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 346711
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272425
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272420
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272087
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553873
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281804