“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.
Dm
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612550
Eb
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612521
Bb
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638611
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553807
Am
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589111
C#m
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612549
Bb
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589466
Ottsche nasch
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105738
Ishe cheruwimy
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105691
Trisagion
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105688
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612753
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553385
Cm
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589180
F
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589115
Bb
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612605
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612603
Em
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612533
Am
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612538
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 347117
Geistliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092451
Geistliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092447
Nyne otpuschtschajeschi
Ganznächtliche Vesper
for: Coro SSAATTBB, [Pfte for rehearsal only]
Score
Item no.: 638381
When Thou hadst risen again
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866689
Verses before the Six Psalms
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866650
No. 8 Cherubic Hymn
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1005116
Today is Salvation
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866714
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155677
Rejoice, O Virgin
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866697
O come, let us worship
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866664
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430015
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430098
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430095
Soprano Solo, S.A.T.B., With Piano
for: Solo, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1626240
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430040
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1030812
весенние воды op. 14, No. 11
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 879786
for: Alto solo and SATB divisi Mixed
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041725
op. 21/5
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 885897
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 920802
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1030813
for: SATB divisi
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038716
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 186682
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 429889
No. 14 The Lord's Prayer
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1005033
БОГОРОДИЦЕ ДЕВО | boɡoˈrodʲitsɛ ˈdʲɛvo
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1664425
Walton Choral
for: SSA, Piano and Cello
Choir score
Item no.: 984587
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1093001
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929367
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