“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.
Nr. 7 The Six Psalms
The Monuments of Russian Sacred Music
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 640828
from the Album "In Winter" (Katie Melua with the Gori Women's Choir)
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), guitar
Choir score
Item no.: 1667410
From the opera 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan'
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 209012
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1672438
Weltlich
for: High Voice and SATB a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1211414
op. 3/2
for: Piano
Item no.: 356201
for: Piano
Item no.: 494405
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663395
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664772
Urtextausgabe
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658334
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 630350
Klassik
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283968
Klassik
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1283960
for: Trumpet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302919
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1302939
op.34/14
for: Posaune und Klavier
Score, solo part
Item no.: 1199736
für Gesang (tief) und Klavier
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 679868
Transcriptions by Zoltán Kocsis
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197635
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306161
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 121342
Belwin Classic Library
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 403821
for: Piano 6 hands
Item no.: 421033
Gekürzte und erleichterte Ausgabe
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 197553
op. 34, no. 14
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 621039
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 245659
aus "Romanzen, op. 34 (Nr. 14)
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 498715
Thema aus dem 3. Satz
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 168567
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 326295
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404406
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 153442
Variation Nr. 18
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 143478
for: Clarinet in A and Piano
Book
Item no.: 313182
Variation Nr. 18
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 349923
for: Piano
Item no.: 490195
Konzertwerk
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 129202
for: 2 pianos
Item no.: 403763
National Federation of Music Clubs 2014-2016 Selection
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 318912
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404520
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1178490
"How fair this spot!"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 462507
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 164474
The orchestra accompaniments are arranged for a second piano. 2 Copies needed to perform
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 1576
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 297190
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 1610, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 137627
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017726
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552139
Autorisierte Erstausgabe
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 207297
Arrangement for Piano solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197557
16 great Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620918
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