“Where the heart does not enter; there can be no music” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
What is hidden in the heart of Russian music? Pain and suffering, love and passion, a simple and vulnerable human soul, that never loses its pride and confidence. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore for yourself the deepest reaches of the romantic Russian composers’ souls today.
As was very prevalent around Europe at the time, a strong national movement emerged in Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. The defeat of the Napoleonic armies in 1812 united the Russian nation, and created a great opportunity for the development of music and culture. The Russian National School was born from the synthesis of Russian folk music, exotic imports, and European musical influences, and was renowned for its profound emotions and its new and progressive harmonic, melodic and rhythmic structures. Michail Iwanowitsch Glinka is deemed by many to be the founder of the Russian National School, and he was closely followed by Alexander Sergejewitsch Dargomyschski.
“The Mighty Handful” or “The Group of Five” (also known as “The Novators” or “The New Russian School”) was an association of five prominent composers, whose aim was to create a specifically Russian style of music, and not to imitate older European models. The group was founded in 1856, and its comprised of Mili Balakirew, César Antonowitsch Cui, Alexander Borodin, Modest Petrovitsch Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The Might Handful taught many other great Russian composers, who also took up their style and supported their values, including the romantic composer Alexander Glazunov and the modernists Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky and Dmitri Shostakovich.
The most important Russian composer of the 19th century is without a doubt Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky’s music reflects his profound, melancholy inner world, while embracing Russian folk music, in all its authentic beauty. The Symphonies by Tchaikovsky count amongst some of the best orchestral works of the 19th century, as do his trio of Ballets Sleeping Beauty , Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, with which the composer raised the whole form to a new level.
“Music is no illusion, but rather a revelation. Its triumphant power lies in the fact that it reveals to us beauties we find in no other sphere; and the apprehension of them is not transitory, but a perpetual reconcilement to life.” Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The last of the late Romantic Russian composers are Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin. While Rachmaninoff generally remains true to the Russian musical legacy of the 19th century, there are many modern elements in Scriabin’s music, particularly in his use of harmony and instrumentation.
aus der Ballettmusik „Der Nussknacker“, op. 71
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
Russian Dance
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724088
from The Nutcracker
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722262
Easy arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548948
from Swan Lake
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722316
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554477
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1024243
from "The Nutcracker"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 725002
Transcription
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750203
aus dem Klavierzyklus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
bearbeitet für Orgel
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2293
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 731829
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025395
aus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
for: 4 clarinets (B-flat), bass clarinet (B-flat)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1486
from "Nutcracker"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 749038
Easiest Piano Pieces by P. I. Tchaikovsky
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759440
aus: Kinderalbum, op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2999
for: 3 recorders
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210657
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1612508
Ab
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048276
Dushkin Transcriptions
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 720933
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047063
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383163
Symphonic Suite
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 743887
Nr. 8 Romanze Paulinens und russisches Lied
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732372
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1341255
Symphonic Suite
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 759146
from "Scheherazade"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747168
for: Violin, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242765
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242599
op. 5
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 749000
Mephistos Lied in Auerbachs Keller
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649
aus dem Klavierzyklus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2365
for: Voice (baritone/alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 722414
Edition Schott
for: Cello, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 739831
Edition Schott
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 756739
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027395
op. posth. 70, Nr. 18
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2939
Russian Dance from "The Nutcracker"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 758455
from "Swan Lake"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 724999
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 725003
op. 3/4
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 749037
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749227
Orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakow
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 755958
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036806
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1045589
from The Nutcracker
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722302
from Pictures at an Exhibition
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722304
from The Nutcracker
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732076
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