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: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035499
for: Soprano saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244697
for: Tuba, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244677
for: Cello, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244672
for: Double bass, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244669
for: Trumpet, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314504
for: 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285337
for: Piccolo, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286174
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286173
Lyric book
Item no.: 286184
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198044
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 286175
for: Piano
Item no.: 285675
for: für 2 Flöten und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 166977
for: Piano
Item no.: 1356841
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 893787
for: Piano
Item no.: 486087
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358966
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358857
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358831
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 335966
for: Tuba (solo), 2 trumpets, horn, trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 400737
for: Trombone, concert band
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 392840
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 968313
for: Voice (bass), piano
Music score
Item no.: 169686
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1109281
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967496
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1105759
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1610839
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 967772
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967520
Music for Clarinet
for: Voice (soprano)
Buch
Item no.: 971704
for: Clarinet, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1137466
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092431
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092427
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143438
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 295220
for: 2 pianos
Item no.: 485827
for: Recorder ensemble
Item no.: 211712
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 817749
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1138677
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949516
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1647343
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 358656
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 890554
for: school orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 893266
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1540602