“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.
Klassik
for: Oboe, piano
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Klassik
for: Bass clarinet
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Klassik
for: Viola, piano
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for: Clarinet, piano
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Klassik
for: Alto saxophone, piano
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Klassik
for: Piccolo, piano
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Klassik
for: Flute, piano
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score, Parts
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Konzertwerk
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 943926
for: Piano
Item no.: 468760
FJH Piano Ensemble
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
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Library Of The Piano Works 2
for: Piano
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for: 2 violins, piano
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from Swan Lake
for: Symphonic orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Piano
Item no.: 261236
Für die Aufführung werden 2 Hefte benötigt
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
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for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs)
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for: Piano
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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For Piano
for: Piano
Music score
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op. 42/3
for: Violin, piano
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for: Flexible string ensemble
Sheet music
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Bekannte Themen aus der Symphonischen Suite nach "Tausendundeiner Nacht
for: für 2 Flöten und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 166977
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1383231
for: 2 Klaviere zu 4 Händen
Book
Item no.: 134476
op. 58
for: Orchestra
Study score
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Klassik
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
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Book
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Klassik
for: Voice (high)
Book
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Book
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from the Symphonie No. 6 - Allegro molto vivace
for: Organ
Music score
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for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
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Ballett
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 962355
op. 55
for: Orchestra
Study score
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Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
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Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
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for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score
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Chanson Italienne Op39 No15
for: Viola, piano
Buch
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Symphonic Suite
for: Orchestra
Study score
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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