“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor. He is considered the last romantic among the great Russian composers. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his magnificent works today!
Unfortunately, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s childhood cannot be described as a particularly happy one. He was born into a wealthy aristocratic family, whose fortunes were soon dashed by his father’s decadent and debauched lifestyle, squandering all their money on mistresses and gambling. After his parents separated, the boy was sent to live with his grandmother, who recognised and nurtured his musical talents. At the age of nine, he joined the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. Despite his brilliant piano technique, and great musical talent, Rachmaninoff did not thrive at school, and was eventually sent off to Moscow, where he studied under the excellent teacher, Nikolai Zverev. It was in Moscow, that Rachmaninoff first began composing.
At the end of the 1890s, the young Rachmaninoff suffered two cruel turns of fate, both his close friend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his teacher Nikolai Zverev died. His 1st Symphony premiered in 1897, and although it was conducted by Alexander Glazunov, the performance was so lacking, that Rachmaninoff couldn’t bear to listen to any more, got up, and left the auditorium well before the end of the piece. The work was mercilessly slammed by the critics, and Rachmaninoff suffered a nervous breakdown. In the following three years, Rachmaninoff struggled to even pick up his quill.
It was not until after 1901 that Rachmaninoff finally turned back to music. He began to work as a conductor in Moscow, and slowly began to travel and perform again, first through Europe, and then the United States as a pianist and conductor. Soon however, the political situation in Russia became so dire, that in 1917, Rachmaninoff and his entire family bade a sad farewell to their homeland, never to return. They emigrated first to Scandinavia, and then in 1918, to America. He spent the final years of his life in the US and Switzerland, where he found peace in his villa, where he would retire after exhausting concert tours.
Stylistically, Sergei Rachmaninoff belongs to neo-romanticists, although his ideas were very original. His works are richly nationalistic, and encapture the essence of the Russian folk tradition. Rachmaninov was inspired by the typically Russian, expressive, romantic motifs and melodies of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Today, it is still possible to find recordings of Rachmaninoff’s piano playing; one can sit back, and admire his remarkable interpretive and expressive skills, and one can gain an insight into the composer’s inner thoughts, as he masterfully navigates his own magnificent works.
Praise the Name of the Lord
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866624
Library Of The Piano Works 2
for: Piano
Item no.: 176985
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 184634
Vol. 3
Russian Piano Classics (Authentic Edition)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 167546
Autorisierte Erstausgabe
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 108694
Thema aus dem 3. Satz
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 486048
Original für Klavier
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 644401
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 301800
Soprano Solo, S.A.T.B., With Piano
for: Solo, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1626240
Critical Edition of the Complete Works
Rachmaninoff Critical Edition of the Complete Works Volume 17
for: Piano
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684139
Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen III
Kreisler Klassische Manuskripte Nr. 12
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 670270
Ausgewählte Stücke für Klavier solo
G. Schirmer's Piano Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 159875
für 8 Blechbläser (Ensemble) Partitur und Stimmen
for: Brass ensemble
Item no.: 644196
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 369658
Klassik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1105775
Tebe pojem
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105708
Milost mira
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105660
for: Piano, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1202285
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985737
for: Soprano and Piano
Book
Item no.: 819743
for: Voice (high), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 903845
Theme from third movement
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 903260
Vocal Solo
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 318550
for two pianos
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 683251
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 224676
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 1655, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 208806
Hawkes Pocket Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 621811
op. 42
for: Piano
Item no.: 617081
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 201448
arranged for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635954
Sinfonische Dichtung für Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 135492
for flute and piano
Mitropa Instrumental Series
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 634029
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430095
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1215372
for: Tenor and SATB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037669
for: SATB divisi
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038716
Southern Music
for: Soprano Saxophone
Buch
Item no.: 927180
Klassik
for: Mezzo-soprano [or Bariton] and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 935076
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198194
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 121342
The Joy Of Rachmaninoff is a collection of 17 original and newly-arranged music by the great Russian Romanticist.
for: Piano
Book, Songbook
Item no.: 624220
Blagoslowen jesi, Gospodi
Coro SSAATTBB, [Pfte for rehearsal only]
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 638368
Score
Item no.: 638236
Konzertwerk
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 945851
Sudien und Übungen
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 850138
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Book
Item no.: 938671
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 166449
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163745
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