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: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 335216
for: 4 Marimba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 632229
Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1590805
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817748
for: Marching band
Score
Item no.: 1020748
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1067395
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1009662
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 350442
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647344
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358826
for: 2 Bassoons and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166498
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1212141
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1212025
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1194746
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132363
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949542
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1138528
Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749226
for: Flute, piano
Book
Item no.: 1007066
for: Oboe
Music score
Item no.: 863734
Lot Trzmiela
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1541396
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092425
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 250182
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 251425
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947623
for: Percussion ensemble
Score
Item no.: 926130
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358836
for: Oboe and Wind Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1212279
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 891523
und von der Jungfrau Fewronia
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 559635
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 362293
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1071561
for: Euphoniumquartett
Book
Item no.: 1142870
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 971884
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023418
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 261932
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 132874
Book
Item no.: 1204577
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092430
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092422
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 194130
for: 5 saxophones
Item no.: 158748
F-Dur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093164
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829205
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 971952
William Allen Music – Competition Series
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023405
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1025121
Book
Item no.: 1204713