“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.
Easy Piano
for: Piano
Music score
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"Procession of the Princes" [from Mlada]
Amstel Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208830
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Neuausgabe in Originaltonarten
Russisch / Deutsch (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Voice (high/medium), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 181160
Nr. 8 Romanze Paulinens und russisches Liedop. 68
for: Voice, piano
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
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op. 42/2
for: für Violine und Klavier
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from "The Nutcracker"
Correlates with Band Expressions 2
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Piano
Single edition
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for: Piano
Single edition
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 943504
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 943926
for: Choral
Item no.: 1378038
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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for: Piano
Sheet music
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Sound Spectacular
70 Repertoire Favorities for Young Players
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music score
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Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Orchestra
Study score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
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Book
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for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: 2 violins, piano
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Item no.: 610948
for: Piano
Music score
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Score, Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Book
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for: Classical guitar
Music score
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Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
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for: Piano
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Waltz from "Die Fledermaus"
for: Piano
Music score
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from "Roses from the South"
for: Piano
Music score
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from: Children's Album, op. 39
for: Piano
Music score
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op. 45
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
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The Piano Concerto
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
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from Chrildren's Album, op. 39
for: Piano
Music score
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(from The Seasons, Op. 37a, No. 3)
for: Piano
Music score
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op. 39/3
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Ensemble score
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Allegro moderato
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op. 10/2
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Music score
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Edition Schott
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