“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.
from "The Seasons" opus 37/6 (June)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356209
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 367088
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 245965
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Item no.: 276169
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 681236
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 564314
for: Piano
Item no.: 180770
Polonaise, Op. 49
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668815
Klassik
for: 2 Oboes, English Horn and Bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531032
From Sadko
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1583307
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 776343
Harjanne's Collection
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1022471
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531117
for: Oboe, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1641202
Reprint
Beyond the Waves
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1355869
for: Tubaquartett
Book
Item no.: 1143015
Studienpartitur (2 Bände)
for: Symphonic orchestra
2 Study scores
Item no.: 1344923
Russische Klaviermusik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 635578
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090385
Violoncello, Kontrabass, Flöte, Oboe und Horn
Studienpartitur
for: KAMMERMUSIK SONSTIGE BESETZUNGEN OKTETTE
Study score
Item no.: 609485
for: Violin, piano
Klavierauszug, Stimme
Item no.: 147708
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 363955
for 4 saxophones (SATB) score and parts
for: Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 623516
for: 3 violins
Item no.: 217225
Studienpartitur in 2 Bänden
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1344642
op.91
Festive Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676451
for: Organ
Item no.: 489788
Aus der Apokalypse
Repertoire Explorer
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345161
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1678030
for: Violin, piano
CD
Item no.: 175543
Tschaikowsky's berühmte Ballettmusik als swingendes Jazzarrangement
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices); rhythm group ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1653719
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Audio-CD
Item no.: 691369
for: Concert band
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1639499
für 2 Hackbrettspieler
for: Dulcimer
Music score
Item no.: 1653545
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1667912
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1667301
Original für Klavier
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 644401
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963526
Nr. 20 Arie des Fürsten Greminop. 24
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1539076
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951755
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951604
aus "Die Zarenbraut"
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358835
aus dem Streichquartett op. 11CW 348
for: Piano
Item no.: 1356770
Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1356754
for: Violin, guitar
Book
Item no.: 173542
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 164771
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Book
Item no.: 164752
für 2 Violinen, 2 Viola und 2 Violoncelli
Partitur und Stimmen
for: KAMMERMUSIK STREICHINSTRUMENTE SEXTETTE
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1344334
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