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 (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358834
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1212199
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1212038
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 900125
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204816
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 249362
Piano reduction
Item no.: 296255
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1138802
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1009732
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 478913
for: Orchesterwerke Sinfonien
Book
Item no.: 1204659
for: Bühnenwerke Ballette
Book
Item no.: 345280
for: Eb Saxophone
Buch
Item no.: 912572
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1211914
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817758
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Single part marimba
Item no.: 817755
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Single part (Viola solo)
Item no.: 817753
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Flute 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817757
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Clarinet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817752
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Trombone 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610822
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817751
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817747
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817754
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Trumpet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1610816
Christmas Eve
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681084
Book
Item no.: 1209853
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 774942
Music lesson book
Item no.: 249850