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.
from the Opera Mlada
for: 4 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285342
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 986685
Klarinette & Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593413
Flight of the Bumble Bees
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1664511
Trombone & Piano
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 592437
for: Piccolo, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244718
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244707
for: Tenor recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244701
for: Trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244682
Klassik
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286163
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286154
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670456
Klassik
for: Trombone, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1281288
for: F or Eb Horn & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272488
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301371
for: Baritone saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301353
for: Trumpet, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301350
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301347
for: Tuba, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301338
for: Tuba (E-flat), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301326
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301325
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381939
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358824
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692594
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 635649
Symphonic suite for orchestra
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548974
for: Trombone, concert band
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 899949
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 946404
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948203
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1583309
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 107045
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 805634
for: 3 clarinets (B-flat), 2 saxophones (TBar)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1615
for: Electric organ
Single edition
Item no.: 108560
for: 9 Flöten
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1352182
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 311690
for: Piano
Item no.: 272986
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197681
Klavierauszug (kyr/frz/dt)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1343884
Gyoergy Geiger~Erlebnis Trompete 16
for: Trumpet, harp [piano]
Item no.: 158537
(in three volumes with English / Russian libretto)
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 581100
Brass Band
for: Trombone, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 590811
Brass Band
for: Solo for Cornet or Bass Trombone & Brass Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589629
from the Opera Mlada
for: 5 trumpets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285349
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358930
for: Solo for Flute, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet or Cornet, Alto Trombone, Bass Trombone or Tuba & String Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579246
for: Solo for Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Eb or F Horn, Trombone or Euphonium & String Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579244
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 592715