“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.
aus "Fürst Igor"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 358623
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384328
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 657847
aus dem Streichquartett Nr. 2 D-Dur - bearbeitet für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 137574
Lyrische Szenen in 3 Aufzügenop. 24CW 5
Lyric book
Item no.: 215771
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 378785
for: Oboe, piano
Item no.: 113585
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 608428
A Ballet in Two Acts
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 940146
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1646560
11 well known works for intermediate players
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 560092
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391471
form "Pictures at an Exhibition"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668395
Symphonic wind band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690336
Original für Klavier solo
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665143
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 737544
from: The Nutcracker-Suite
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722208
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 755878
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1194355
Book
Item no.: 965928
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 736139
Geistliche Musik
for: SSA divisi a Cappella
Einzelstimme
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op. 71a
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756874
para piano
for: TASTEN- UND BALGINSTRUMENTE KLAVIER KLAVIER ZWEIHÄNDIG
Item no.: 1535678
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1114918
for: 3 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008316
From Sadko
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1583308
4. Finale. Adagio lamentoso
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198451
aus dem Streichquartett op. 11
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657501
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548932
Edition Schott
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 734589
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198368
No. 6 June
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 749001
from: Prince Igor
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 750999
Andantino espressivo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726432
from "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 747656
Carpe Diem Wood Wind Series
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668219
aus „Kinderalbum“, op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3680
from: 12 Pieces of medium difficulty
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722691
op. 40/2
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582261
Pathétique
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 721771
Promenade, Tuileries, Le Marche De Limoges, La Grande Porte De Kiev
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1073594
Hawkes Pocket Scores
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1701142
für Streichtrio
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3641
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860802
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
Fingersatz und spielpraktische Einrichtung von Lev Vinocour
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 750344
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