“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.
Op. 33 (1876)
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282179
für 2 Hackbrettspieler
for: Dulcimer
Music score
Item no.: 498958
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667591
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 369764
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044333
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044082
aus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1642885
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1050471
E
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553932
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553158
Brass Band
for: Solo for Cornet or Bass Trombone & Brass Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589629
from the Opera Mlada
for: 5 trumpets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285349
from Swan Lake Op. 20
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285180
from Swan Lake Op. 20
for: Baritone saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285175
from Swan Lake Op. 20
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285167
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242668
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242667
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242662
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251418
From Nutcracker
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299136
aus dem Jugendalbumop. 39
Nur Streicherstimmen
for: Chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 191873
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358930
aus dem Ballett "Raymonda"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358923
for: Solo for Flute, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet or Cornet, Alto Trombone, Bass Trombone or Tuba & String Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579246
for: Solo for Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Eb or F Horn, Trombone or Euphonium & String Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579244
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580964
Triumphal March
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314141
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233820
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233818
for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 685537
Opera in four acts and a prologue
Reprint
Opera Explorer
Study Score 48
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Study scores
Item no.: 461274
for: Piano
Item no.: 274938
Op. 51 Nr. 6
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290566
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 592715
Eb
for: Piano, Trombone
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613016
für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 394652
from the ballet-opera "Mlada"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1552296
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242602
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244724
for: Piccolo, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244717
for: Clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244712
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244706
for: Treble recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244704
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244097
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244087
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
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