“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.
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
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430691
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430692
for: PK (TRIANGEL)
Single part
Item no.: 335542
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428937
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 126133
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 561613
for: Accordion orchestra
Accordion 1B (orchestral part)
Item no.: 561610
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430708
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430671
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430686
for: Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, Posaune, Pauken, Piatti, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, [Kontrabass]
Single part Cello
Item no.: 424813
for: Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, Posaune, Pauken, Piatti, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, [Kontrabass]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424812
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 292153
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430670
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1664469
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
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429889
for: Accordion orchestra
Accordion 1A (orchestral part)
Item no.: 561609
Single part
Item no.: 335541
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1664471
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428938
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430678
for: Violin, orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 1646237
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 126336
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 126135
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 561607
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 561606
for: Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, Posaune, Pauken, Piatti, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, [Kontrabass]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424810
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025394
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 629846
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 477420
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 609277
from the ballet „The Nutcracker“
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 780079
from "Nutcracker"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726122
Christmas Greetings from Eight Russian Folksongs
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681083
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025416
from „The Seasons“ op. 37/2, No. 12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 779997
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1582944
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 694555
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 780095
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687294
Christmas Eve
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681084
for: Youth string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687293