“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: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 214559
In Full Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 164106
Ouvertüre
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 432907
The Masters Collection
Music lesson book
Item no.: 585250
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401460
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 162275
Score
Item no.: 430029
with marked and unmarked string parts
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 141769
EMB Moments Musicaux for Violoncello 6
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198033
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 367054
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 164474
Variation Nr. 18
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 349923
in Full Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
Item no.: 243709
Winterträume
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391771
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617082
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197686
Boosey Masterworks
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 373489
Versions 1913 and 1931
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679499
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 689794
Tableaux d'une Exposition
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 659188
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163207
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 817339
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 457008
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552161
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 378364
Reduction for 2 pianos
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 197741
pour harpe
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 669460
Yamashita Edition 1
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 327702
LKM Music
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 692531
aus "Romanzen, op. 34 (Nr. 14)
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 498715
from String Quartet op. 11
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 187413
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 363009
Op. 33 (1876)
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282182
für Gesang und Klavier
Ausgabe für Mittlere Stimme
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 136915
for: Piano
Item no.: 494405
Fantasy Overture
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391882
für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 287885
Suite für Sprecher und Schulorchester
Partitur mit Text, Klavierauszug und Stimmen
for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score, Piano reduction, Solo parts
Item no.: 343176
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 776225
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197555
for: Cello [viola], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 649837
op. 3, op. 10, op. 16 (SR 25, SR 33, SR 40)
Rachmaninoff Practical Urtext Editions 2
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 676416
Music Minus One
for: Violin
Solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 350884
Für die Aufführung werden 2 Hefte benötigt
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 223943
Original Version
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 139912
for: 3 clarinets, bass clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 678736
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 631133
Russian Piano Classics – Authentic Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197620
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