“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.
Neuausgabe in dt./russ. (mit Transliteration)
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Piano score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 138630
op. 3/2
for: Piano
Item no.: 356201
op. 33
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 356906
for piano duet (one piano, four hands)
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 161324
Piano, Four Hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 395171
Autorisierte Erstausgabe
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 207297
for: Trombone, concert band
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 392840
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1689216
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582818
bearbeitet für Violine Solo, alternativ Viola Solo, Klarinette in B, Marimba und Orchester
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 817756
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 1667887
EOS - Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: Cello, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 628954
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 1668601
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1657166
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1658785
December from "The Seasons"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 475030
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 775457