“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.
Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1590805
Book
Item no.: 1204756
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 585538
Andante Cantabile & Allegro Moderato
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1062703
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105700
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817748
for: Clarinet Octet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090748
for: Marching band
Score
Item no.: 1020748
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1067395
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1009662
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 944459
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949544
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 457138
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1005936
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 885183
for: Salon orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 154970
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1549215
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 350442
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967118
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1204601
Book
Item no.: 1204712
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1006352
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204483
for: Gitarrenduo
Score
Item no.: 412927
Lyric book
Item no.: 1558124
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 337222
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683419
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Clarinet
Score
Item no.: 881928
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647344
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689226
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358907
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358901
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358826
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358783
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358778
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 444731
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358997
Study score
Item no.: 296011
for: 4 Guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 462623
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1539164
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 191866
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1540547
for: Bläserquartett
Score
Item no.: 132410
for: Bläserquartett
Book
Item no.: 132289
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 180741
for: 2 Bassoons and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166498