“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.
Winterträume
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391771
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617082
aus "Der Nussknacker"
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 78
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Score, part
Item no.: 611886
for: Piano, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 197743
Stringsets
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 188746
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391997
16 great Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620918
revidiert vom Komponistenop. 50
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 363812
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 339380
orchestriert von Maurice Ravel
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 623224
Carpe Diem Wood Wind Series
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668219
aus der Oper "Das Märchen vom Zaren Saltan"
for: Flute, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 486272
24 Easy Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316317
Kreisler Transkriptionen 17
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 201483
Eulenburg Audio + Score
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score, CD
Item no.: 471777
Organ in Concert 23
for: Electric organ
Music score
Item no.: 108569
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 111136
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1654765
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404520
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404469
Tanz der Rohrpfeifen - Tanz der Zuckerfee
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 130935
for: Piano
Item no.: 490195
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 609624
with marked and unmarked string parts
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 141769
Boosey Masterworks
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 373489
Versions 1913 and 1931
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679499
Transcriptions by Zoltán Kocsis
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197635
Dover Miniature Scores
Study score
Item no.: 184038
"How fair this spot!"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 462507
Tschaikowsky's berühmte Ballettmusik als swingendes Jazzarrangement
für Klarinettenquartett oder variables Bläserquartett mit optionaler Rhythmusgruppe
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices); rhythm group ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657468
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1655620
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 1004522
for: Piano
Item no.: 285745
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 141869
for: Tenor saxophone [soprano saxophone], piano [organ]
Item no.: 299086
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 286055
Ausgewählte Kirchenmusik 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1676802
Tschaikowsky's berühmte Ballettmusik als swingendes Jazzarrangement
für Klarinettenquartett oder variables Bläserquartett mit optionaler Rhythmusgruppe
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices); rhythm group ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 246701
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 664772
op. 19
for: Piano
Item no.: 160718
Pathétique
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391695
Urtextausgabe
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658334
10 Auszüge aus der Ballettmusik
for: Violin, piano
Buch + Einzelstimme + Online-Audio
Item no.: 817883
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998756
December from "The Seasons"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 475030
Score
Item no.: 430029
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197686
op. 62
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 356990
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