“I doesn’t matter to me whether or not I’m modern. What is important, is the inner truth of my music.” Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931) is one of the most important Russian female composers in the period after Dmitri Shostakovich. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wide world of Sofia Gubaidulina with Stretta Music today!
Sofia Asgatowna Gubaidulina was born on October 24, 1931 in Chistopol, Tartar Autonomous Republic. She studied piano and composition in the capital Karsan and after graduating went to Moscow to continue her studies.
Dmitri Shostakovich encouraged her to follow her own path, which was clearly opposed to the socialist realism prescribed by the state. The performance of her works in the Soviet Union was banned in the 1960s and 1970s.
However, the premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina Offertorium Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, her first violin concerto in 1981, was the catalyst for her success, especially in the West. Since then, Sofia Gubaidulina, along with Alfred Schnittke and Edisson Denissov, she has been a world-renowned composer.
One of her trademarks is the use of the bayan, a chromatic button accordion, and the use of religious themes.
Gubaidulina moved to Germany in 1992, and is a member of various academies, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, which is responsible for the annual Oscars. At the Kazan Conservatory, where she first studied, she is now an honorary professor.
exempla nova 278
for: Bassoon, strings
Study score
Item no.: 328823
exempla nova 293
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 334452
exempla nova 581
for: 3 guitars, cello, double bass
Study score
Item no.: 623067
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 297657
Konzert für Violine und Orchester
exempla nova 382
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 490603
exempla nova 306
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 140484
Sammlung Sofia Gubaidulina
Inventare der Paul Sacher Stiftung 21
Music score
Item no.: 415859
exempla nova 514
Item no.: 609783
für Kammerensemble
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Chamber ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 334258
exempla nova 046
for: ORCH JAZZ COMBO
Study score
Item no.: 177382
Exempla Nova 310
for: Organ, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 103383
exempla nova 491
for: BAJAN SCHLAGZ STR
Study score
Item no.: 603113
Trio für Flöte, Viola und Harfe (Sprecher ad lib.)
exempla nova 045
for: Flöte, Viola, Harfe, [Sprecher]
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 109340
exempla nova 257
for: Tuba, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 175522
exempla nova 512
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 614209
exempla nova 014
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 109331
For bayan
for: Accordion (bayan)
Music score
Item no.: 626481
Konzert für Violine und Orchester
exempla nova 383
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 577862
exempla nova 153
for: GES-H 8 INST
Study score
Item no.: 108753
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 227012
for Bayan Solo
for: Accordion (bayan)
Music score
Item no.: 649451
exempla nova 882
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 109351
for 4 Flutes
exempla nova 218
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 182669
5 Stücke für Bajan, Violine und Violoncello
exempla nova 242
for: Violine, Violoncello BAJAN
Set of parts
Item no.: 182666
exempla nova 492
Piano reduction
Item no.: 603891
exempla nova 241
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 182667
for Bass Clarinet and Piano
exempla nova 170
for: Bass clarinet, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 142599
Eine Biografie
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 139338
Sonate für Orgel und Schlagzeug
exempla nova 168
for: Organ, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 108761
exempla nova 145
for: Viola, bassoon, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 108748
Sonata for violin and violoncello
for: Violin, cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 178947
Sonata for Bayan Solo
for: Accordion (bayan)
Music score
Item no.: 658982
for: Voice (soprano), piano
(Kopie)
Item no.: 477347
5 Lieder
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 552298
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Item no.: 552300
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 552299
exempla nova 627
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 659627
exempla nova 493
Piano reduction
Item no.: 605330
exempla nova 127
for: VC BAJAN STR
Study score
Item no.: 108738
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 208600
exempla nova 331
for: 1–2 trumpets, piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 241436
exempla nova 261
for: 2 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 184113
für Violoncello und Orgel
exempla nova 129
for: Cello, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 108739
Revidierte Ausgabe
exempla nova 139
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 108742
Suite in fünf Sätzen nach Versen von Marina Zwetajewa
exempla nova 596
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1552510
15 Stücke
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), Double bass, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 796235
für Sopran, Tenor, Bariton, Bass, zwei gemischte Chöre, Orgel und Orchester
for: Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Bariton solo, Bass solo, Chöre (2), Orgel, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 1552981
für 2 Trompeten und 2 Posaunen
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1017029