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.
Dm
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589094
op. 39/2
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1582217
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554300
Ab
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553873
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1351130
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357399
Sadko
for: Voice (high/medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357546
from: The Tale of Tsar Saltan
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723209
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381055
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381939
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1382397
Bearbeitungen aus „Das Märchen vom Zar Saltan“
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640075
Bearbeitungen aus „Das Märchen vom Zar Saltan“
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640076
Bearbeitungen aus „Das Märchen vom Zar Saltan“
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640148
Zwischenspiel aus der Oper "Das Märchen vom Zaren Saltan"
für drei Klarinetten, Tenor- und Bariton-Saxophon
for: 3 clarinets (B-flat), 2 saxophones (TBar)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1615
aus der Oper „Das Märchen vom Zaren Saltan“
bearbeitet für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5921
Hindu Song
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733663
from the Opera "Sadko"
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 752519
op. 42/3
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 759141
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244686
for: Tuba, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244678
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244674
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244670
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272486
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
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
for: Solo for Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Eb or F Horn, Trombone or Euphonium & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607669
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049335
from "Sadko"
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 722412
Symphonic suite for orchestra
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548974
for: Piccolo, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244718
for: Bassoon, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244707
for: Tenor recorder, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244701
for: Trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244682
for: F or Eb Horn & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272488
op. 32
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 722553