“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.
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1551489
Weltlich
for: High Voice and SATB a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1211414
Choral symphony for soloists, choir and Orchestra, Opus 35 vocal score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1105773
Prijidite, poklonimsja
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105729
Blagoslowi, dusche moja, Gospoda
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105722
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
für Chor a cappella mit singbarem deutschem Text
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105672
Dostoino jest
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105666
For Mixed Choir a Cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1105744
Da ispolnjatsja usta nascha
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105740
Weruju
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105694
Slawa Otzu i Jedinorodny
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105726
Budi imja Gospodne
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105699
Kanon
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105644
Chwalite Gospoda s nebes
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105731
Blagoslowen grjady i Widechom swet istinny
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105720
Wo zarstwiji Twojem
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105702
Wo zarstwiji Twojem
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105648
Die in den Fürbitten unermüdliche Gottesgebärerin
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105676
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105657
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 6 Bassoons and 2 Contrabassoons
for: Bassoon Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1584541
for: 5 flutes (quintet)
Buch
Item no.: 1584504
from Piano Concerto No. 2
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 862211
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017726
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 1017111
Symphonic poem for orchestra op. 29
on a painting by Arnold Böcklin
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1009112
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1351130
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357399
Special Arrangements for 2 Advanced Pianists
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 780519
Trascrizioni e arrangiamenti per orchestre delle scuole medie a indirizzo musicale, licei musicali, scuole di musica
for: school orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 775715
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1378673
for: Piano
Item no.: 1523400
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1522305
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1358431
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1523398
for: Piano
Item no.: 1523588
for: Piano
Item no.: 1523466
for: Piano
Item no.: 1523397
for: Piano Duets & Four Hands
Item no.: 1523387
for: Piano
Item no.: 1523477
Connell's Choral Classics
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 769630
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 769058
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 769045
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