“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.
Klavier CD
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 1199703
"April" aus "Die Jahreszeiten"
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 90
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627626
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994602
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101230
from 'Pictures at an Exhibition'
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 902813
From Sadko
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1583308
für Klavier zu 4 Händen
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 660921
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860802
Clarinet and Piano Book/Online Audio
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1026960
Extraits De Casse - Noisette [Danses: Espagnole / Arabe / Chinoise / Russe]
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1073373
Promenade - Il Vecchio Castello - Promenade - Ballet Des Poussins Dans Leurs Coques
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1072158
for: Posaunenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 973310
Fingersatz und spielpraktische Einrichtung von Lev Vinocour
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 750344
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1671687
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 926942
für Sopranblockflöte und Klavier
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 645566
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 374998
"Il vecchio castello" für 8 Violoncelli
for: 8 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659716
aus der Oper "Das Märchen vom Zaren Saltan"
for: Flute, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 486272
Nr. 4 für Klavier in Tschaikowskys eigener Bearbeitung für Violoncello und kleines Orchester
for: Cello, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 560199
Einführung und Kommentar
Lyric book
Item no.: 214237
Piano reduction
Item no.: 229009
Carpe Diem Wood Wind Series
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score
Item no.: 557391
Unbekannte Werke Der Klassik + Romantik
for: 2 violins, cello
Item no.: 193591
11 well known works for intermediate players
for: Trumpet, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 560093
Collection of Romances
for: Medium or Low Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1204615
Szène rustique russe
in c-Moll
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 662598
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 615145
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 332298
Nr. 13 Today Salvation Has Come (Dnes spaseniye)
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471552
Easy Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315282
from "Eugene Onegin"
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 777114
Erste Fassungop. 23?W 53
for: Piano, orchestra
Klavierauszug
Item no.: 1544433
From Swan Lake
for: Flute and Harp Quintet [Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994992
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 557449
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593411
for: 2 French Horns
Buch
Item no.: 565868
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258534
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271762
Cornet Solo & Brass Band
for: Cornet, brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1315363
With Organ Solo
for: Organ, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315143
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272489
for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051255
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554300
für Violine und Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344689
For Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 33
for: Cello
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1541601
24 Easy Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316317
aus Streichquartett 1 – für Violoncello und Streichquintett (1888)
Unbekannte Werke der Klassik und Romantik 910
for: Cello solo, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Score
Item no.: 430687
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