“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.
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666087
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589632
op. 71a
for: Piano
Music score
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Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Study score
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Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
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(from The Seasons, Op. 37a, No. 3)
for: Piano
Music score
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op. 39/3
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 756461
Allegro moderato
for: Piano
Music score
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op. 10/2
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756023
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Score
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for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
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for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
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for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
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for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
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for: Trumpet
Instrumental Solo
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for: Piano
Piano Solo
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for: Flute
Instrumental Solo
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for: Piano
Piano Solo
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Piano Solo
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Piano Solo
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Piano Solo
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Sheet music
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for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
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for: Piano
Sheet music
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for: String orchestra
Stimmen-Set (Streicher 3/3/2/2/1)
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for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 673372
for: Brass ensemble (8 parts), organ, timpani
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score, online audio
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for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
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for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
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for: Youth symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 563849
Suite from the Ballet
for: Orchestra
Study score
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for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189335
for: Flute, clarinet, piano
Item no.: 428622
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315292
Waltz from "Die Fledermaus"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 781567
Instrumentation by Maurice Ravel
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 758475
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204546
for: Violin, piano
Book
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Item no.: 182126
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 276469
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Set of parts
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from "Roses from the South"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 746719
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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