The most prominent member of the so-called “Group of Five” was the Russian composer Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov (1844-1908). He drew not only from the wealth of Russian folk songs, sophisticated instrumentation and progressive western compositional models, but also from oriental elements and new, modern tonal brilliance. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at Scheherazade and many other brilliant compositions by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov today!
At the age of 27, Rimsky-Korsakov was already so famous and technically revered, that he became professor of composition and instrumentation at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. His students included Alexander Glazunov and Igor Stravinsky. It was not only his musical ideas which were way ahead of their time, but also his social and political views, especially his support of the 1905 revolution, and his public criticism of the Russian tsarist system. Rimsky-Korsakov’s greatest attribute was his truthful portrayal of Russian folk life, past and present, using well-developed instrumental, harmonic and dramatic methods.
The genre which most intrigued Rimsky-Korsakov was Opera. He composed a total of fifteen operas, mostly on historical and fairy tale themes. His symphonic works were also very successful, significant highlights however, are not his three symphonies, but his programme music (especially “Scheherazade” and “Capriccio Espagnol”). His Chamber Music and Art Song did not enjoy quite the same reception as his operatic or orchestral works, nor did his rather underrated Piano Concerto in C# Minor. The most popular composition by Rimsky-Korsakow is widely considered the infamous Flight of the Bumblebee, which is available in numerous instrumental arrangements.
for: 2 Clarinets and Piano
Book
Item no.: 166403
on the name B-LA-F
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 738419
on Russian Themes
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 722552
Klavier solo
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 1582370
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204546
From Sadko
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1583307
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Cello
for: Cello
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204384
Studienpartitur in 2 Bänden
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1344642
for 4 saxophones (SATB) score and parts
for: Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 623516
Symphonic Brass Ensemble Series
for: Brass ensemble (16 parts), timpani, latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 229135
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 161354
Music for Brass No. 215
for: 2 trumpets [horns]
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 240682
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 276469
op. 39/2
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1582217
Solo for Clarinet and Band
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188536
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301369
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301367
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301366
for: Alto trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301345
for: Viola, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301334
Klassik
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1292622
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272491
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1247554
for: Trumpet, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1259730
for: Clarinet, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244711
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244710
for: Treble recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244703
for: Tenor saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244694
for: Tenor saxophone, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244693
for: Bass trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244680
for: Euphonium, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244668
for: Euphonium, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244667
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587882
Klassik
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286166
Klassik
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281796
for: Solo for Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Eb or F Horn, Trombone or Euphonium & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607669
from the Opera Mlada
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285352
from the Opera Mlada
for: 5 trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285348
from the Opera Mlada
for: 4 trumpets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285341
for 4 euphoniums
score and parts
for: 4 euphoniums
Sheet music
Item no.: 596349
Alto Posaune & Klavier
for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 594358
for alto saxophone and piano
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 594355
A dongó
EMB Moments Musicaux for Violin 17
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 197783
für 2 Violinen, 2 Viola und 2 Violoncelli
Partitur und Stimmen
for: KAMMERMUSIK STREICHINSTRUMENTE SEXTETTE
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1344334
for full orchestra
for: Youth symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 563849
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049335
Musica Rara (Breitkopf)
for: 2–4 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 350516
aus "Die Zarenbraut"
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358835