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 Tale of Tsar Saltan"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 689276
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197558
for: Oboe, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558312
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211321
for: 4 Flöten
Score, Parts
Item no.: 163380
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 362735
Prelude
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344825
Studienpartitur und Libretto in 3 Bänden (kyr)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 564126
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 648762
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 893363
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 942194
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 762044
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 271840
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947051
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 963478
for: Violin
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204369
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1000724
for: Trombone, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996293
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 631696
Belle Epoque Russe
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751132
from the Opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740459
for: Xylophone & Brass Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594497
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 594360
for: F or Eb Horn & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593416
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 596243
for: String quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285347
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285346
for: Clarinet, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588349
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301368
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281801
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281798
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286155
for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272422
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244705
for: Bass recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244699
for: Alto trombone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244683
for: Cello, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244671
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262000
for: Xylophone & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261942
for: VL SOLO VC SOLO FL KLAR 2 VL VC KB KLAV
Item no.: 168766
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 1204598
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 601652
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 907873
for: Trumpet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244690
for: Flute
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204323
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 900198
for: Wind Quartet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 153936
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 358729