“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.
Männerstimmen
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1105629
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 838292
Single part Violin
Item no.: 937384
Danse Arabe
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829838
Danse De La Fée Dragée
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829820
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829205
from Pictures at an Exhibition
for: 4 flutes [3 flutes, alto flute]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1016124
Alto Saxophone Solo with Piano - Grade 3
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 1106719
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201099
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949585
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949598
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344893
Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
Item no.: 971952
Book
Item no.: 1204491
William Allen Music – Competition Series
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023405
Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018859
Hymn and March
Daehn Publications
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1060836
Hymn and March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1060335
Andante Cantabile & Allegro Moderato
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1016518
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1025121
for: 2 pianos
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383152
3 Hefte kplt.
Chef-d'uvres classiques / I capolavori della musica classica
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 492518
for: Trumpet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1617911
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1212199
set of string parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1212038
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1650784
op. 64
for: für Orchester
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 1135532
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 900125
for: Cello, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 895565
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1648098
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1648817
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647234
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340538
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358956
aus "Sadko"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358834
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358812
aus "Fürst Igor"
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358782
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 358645
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432655
for: Piano, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687377
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687328
Suite
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 867592
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 163577
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 143588
Nr. 15 To Thee the Victorious Leader (Vzbrannoy voyevode)
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471521
Symphonic Poem
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 724892
aus 'Der Nussknacker'
for: 3 flutes, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778837
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1092982
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