“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.
Fm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036790
from Pictures at an Exhibition
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732071
from Pictures at an Exhibition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 732047
from Swan Lake
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 732043
from Swan Lake
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722338
from Swan Lake
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722289
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029029
from The Nutcracker
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722327
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029931
from Pictures at an Exhibition
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732077
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035498
op. posth. 70, Nr. 15
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3448
for piano and orchestra
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 732150
op. 23/5
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 732369
from: The Nutcracker
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751002
from: Eugen Onegin
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 779889
Hindu Song
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733663
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733831
Allegretto con moto e un poco rubato
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 734230
Ouverture Fantasie
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 735694
Ouverture Solennelle
for: Piano 4 hands
Single edition
Item no.: 761149
Flute
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 760342
completed and orchestrated by Alexander Glasunow
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1582218
from "Prince Igor"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 750357
aus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2079
aus dem Zyklus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2080
from the Opera "Sadko"
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 752519
for: 2 trumpets, organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 1631801
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210279
from String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11 in Tchaikovsky's own arrangement for cello and string orchestra
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Stimmensatz 6 Violine 1, 6 Violine 2, 5 Viola, 4 Violoncello, 3 Kontrabass, 1 Violoncello solo
Item no.: 758650
Fantasy Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 736512
op. 42/3
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 759141
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582262
Concert Pharaphrase
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726013
for Violin and Orchestra
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749237
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553988
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553809
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1024279
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272486
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377152
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, F Horn or Violin & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251391
Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749294
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242611
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242476
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381055
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1383231
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1383185
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1382816
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