“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.
Condensed Score
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 926110
from Swan Lake
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1534141
Music for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1534054
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008443
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344740
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 963436
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039745
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 860092
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963479
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 993727
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 900741
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1591253
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 963527
March
Vzyatiye Karsa
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 862
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344867
Klassik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1195670
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1591229
for: Piccolo and Piano
Buch
Item no.: 913876
for: Voice and Orff-Instruments
Book
Item no.: 990247
for: Voice and Orff-Instruments
Book
Item no.: 990299
The 5 Minute Tour
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994086
In 5 Minutes
for: Flute, piano
Book
Item no.: 994823
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Full Score DVD-ROM
for: Score Orchestra
DVD-ROM
Item no.: 1204375
From Orchestral Suite No. 1 In D Major, Op. 43
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994637
From Sadko
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1583310
Trumpet and Piano Book/Online Audio
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1026959
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951710
The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Double Bass
for: Double bass
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204414
Orchestrated from Tchaikovsky's 6 Romances op.6 no.6
for: 8 cellos
Score
Item no.: 1009263
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998779
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 908030
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198302
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 297224
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315040
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566524
Blasorchester
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 899736
La Grande Porte De Kiev / Das grosse Tor von Kiew
for: Brass band, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315909
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314713
Klassik
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314044
for: 3 Cornets or Trumpets & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316106
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 621073
für Violoncello und Streichorchester
for: Cello, strings
Score
Item no.: 660420
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 637237
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 631609
für Orchester
Harmoniestimmen
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 683423
adapted from The Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
for: SSAATTBB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 614857
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible Instrumentation
Score, Parts
Item no.: 614793
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 296146
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