“Where the heart does not enter; there can be no music” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
What is hidden in the heart of Russian music? Pain and suffering, love and passion, a simple and vulnerable human soul, that never loses its pride and confidence. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore for yourself the deepest reaches of the romantic Russian composers’ souls today.
As was very prevalent around Europe at the time, a strong national movement emerged in Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. The defeat of the Napoleonic armies in 1812 united the Russian nation, and created a great opportunity for the development of music and culture. The Russian National School was born from the synthesis of Russian folk music, exotic imports, and European musical influences, and was renowned for its profound emotions and its new and progressive harmonic, melodic and rhythmic structures. Michail Iwanowitsch Glinka is deemed by many to be the founder of the Russian National School, and he was closely followed by Alexander Sergejewitsch Dargomyschski.
“The Mighty Handful” or “The Group of Five” (also known as “The Novators” or “The New Russian School”) was an association of five prominent composers, whose aim was to create a specifically Russian style of music, and not to imitate older European models. The group was founded in 1856, and its comprised of Mili Balakirew, César Antonowitsch Cui, Alexander Borodin, Modest Petrovitsch Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The Might Handful taught many other great Russian composers, who also took up their style and supported their values, including the romantic composer Alexander Glazunov and the modernists Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky and Dmitri Shostakovich.
The most important Russian composer of the 19th century is without a doubt Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky’s music reflects his profound, melancholy inner world, while embracing Russian folk music, in all its authentic beauty. The Symphonies by Tchaikovsky count amongst some of the best orchestral works of the 19th century, as do his trio of Ballets Sleeping Beauty , Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, with which the composer raised the whole form to a new level.
“Music is no illusion, but rather a revelation. Its triumphant power lies in the fact that it reveals to us beauties we find in no other sphere; and the apprehension of them is not transitory, but a perpetual reconcilement to life.” Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The last of the late Romantic Russian composers are Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin. While Rachmaninoff generally remains true to the Russian musical legacy of the 19th century, there are many modern elements in Scriabin’s music, particularly in his use of harmony and instrumentation.
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
from the Nutcracker Ballet
The Recorder Orchestra
for: Recorder ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 585874
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 207367
complete ballet (in three volumes)
for: Symphonic orchestra
3 Study scores
Item no.: 559698
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 563886
for: Viola, piano
Buch
Item no.: 492864
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 347117
for: Organ
Item no.: 333077
CD
Item no.: 161405
für 2 Hackbrettspieler
for: Dulcimer
Music score
Item no.: 498958
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 369764
aus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1642885
Opera in four acts and a prologue
Reprint
Opera Explorer
Study Score 48
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Study scores
Item no.: 461274
Finale aus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1593349
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1201305
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994558
for: Flute and Harp Quintet [Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994256
Klassik
for: 4-Part Flexible Ensemble
Book
Item no.: 988094
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 271127
Klassik
for: Violin or Flute and Piano
Book
Item no.: 489995
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 923135
for: Concert band
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1562557
Collection Anacrouse
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1323912
Sinfonische Werke
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLINE VIOLINE SOLO
Item no.: 276626
for: Flute ensemble
Book
Item no.: 1329649
for: Woodwind ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 991825
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 299604
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951593
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951543
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951687
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951546
Buch
Item no.: 252166
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963501
Trascrizione per organo di Angelo Maria Trovato
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 641557
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963730
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963728
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1063709
Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020251
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 969397
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 786
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 559827
for: Oboe [flute], violin, cello, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 343786
for: KLAR (TRP) KLAV
Item no.: 269226
for: Piano
Item no.: 471729
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 848620
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 887314
for: 2 pianos
Item no.: 170816
for: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (quintet)
Book
Item no.: 939618
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