“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.
Nr. 13 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357272
from: Pictures at an Exhibition
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722189
from: Children's Album
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751077
from: Children's Album
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751081
Christ, When a Child
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038344
Nr. 18 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357277
from The Nutcracker
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722302
Op. 23, 1st movement (theme)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723359
op. 71a
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741529
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 780095
(from "Album for Young People, Op. 39")
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756557
from: Prince Igor
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 732364
Nr. 21 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357280
Nr. 10 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357269
op. posth. 70/18
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 731815
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 755499
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 729449
Nr. 22 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357281
from: Children's Album
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751079
(from "Album for Young People, Op. 39")
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756562
op. 71a
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756873
(Theme)
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 725365
from: Children's Album
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751076
Nr. 15 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357274
Theme from the ballet, Op. 20
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 727913
from The Nutcracker
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732076
from: Children's Album
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740044
op. 51/4
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 730216
Nr. 12 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357271
Nr. 6 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357265
Nr. 5 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357264
from Pictures at an Exhibition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 732047
from: 12 Pieces of medium difficulty
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722691
op. 40/2
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582261
op. 71a
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756874
from: The Nutcracker-Suite
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722208
Nr. 17 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357276
Nr. 11 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357270
from: Children's Album, op. 39
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 753156
from Swan Lake
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 732043
op. 71a
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741530
Theme from the 1st movement, Op. 23
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740720
(from "Album for Young People, Op. 39")
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 734323
Nr. 14 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357273
Nr. 7 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357266
(from 12 Pieces of medium difficulty, op. 40/2)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726969
"Christus als Kind im Garten war"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742442
from The Nutcracker
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722327
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