“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.
for: Clarinet, piano
Item no.: 1020831
Tschaikowsky's berühmte Ballettmusik als swingendes Jazzarrangement
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices); rhythm group ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1653719
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Clarinet, piano
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Item no.: 1299331
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Horn (F), piano
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Item no.: 1299326
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Violin, piano
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Item no.: 1299318
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1299258
for: Violin, piano
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Item no.: 1299256
From Nutcracker
for: Oboe, piano
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Item no.: 1299150
From Nutcracker
for: Bass trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1299140
From Nutcracker
for: Violin, piano
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Item no.: 1299135
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1299090
for: Cello, piano
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Item no.: 1299078
From Children's Album Opus 39
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano
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Item no.: 1298968
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 1301369
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano [organ]
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for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
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for: Alto trombone, piano [organ]
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for: Viola, guitar
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for: Flute, piano
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Item no.: 1300761
for: Horn (F), piano
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Item no.: 1300752
for: Bass trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1300748
Klassik
for: Trombone, piano
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Item no.: 1292622
for: Cello, piano
Book
Item no.: 170330
for: String orchestra
Stimmen-Set (Streicher 3/3/2/2/1)
Item no.: 203062
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 587882
Klassik
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1286166
Klassik
for: Clarinet, piano
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Item no.: 1282004
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
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Item no.: 1282002
Klassik
for: Horn (F), piano
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Klassik
for: Viola, piano
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Item no.: 1281796
Ein Miesterwerk im Spiegel seiner Zeit
Heft + Medienpaket
Im Fokus (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
Item no.: 614384
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 1314782
for: Clarinet, piano
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Item no.: 1313040
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 1314230
Op. 48, 1st movement
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 1288451
from the Opera Mlada
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
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Item no.: 1285352
from the Opera Mlada
for: 5 trombones
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Item no.: 1285348
from the Opera Mlada
for: 4 trumpets
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Item no.: 1285341
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
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Item no.: 1282360
Op. 33 (1876)
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 1282174
for: 5 Guitars
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Item no.: 611130
'Procession of the Princes' [from Mlada]
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 1208830
for 4 euphoniums
score and parts
for: 4 euphoniums
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Item no.: 596349
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
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Item no.: 596864
Flugelhorn & Orchestra
for: Flugelhorn & Orchestra
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Item no.: 596557
Brass Band
for: Brass band
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Item no.: 594815
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 590735
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
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Item no.: 592710
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