“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.
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582819
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582817
for: String orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243475
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)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 332396
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 164559
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432657
op. 48
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1659096
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)
Single part (Cello solo)
Item no.: 430696
for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 225640
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 619176
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582818
for: Piano, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687379
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428940
für Orchester
Kontrabass
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683421
Unbekannte Werke der Klassik und Romantik
for: Flute, string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430704
for: String orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243473
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243470
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)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 332401
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582820
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 374999
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 360651
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)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 332402
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197001
FJH Piano Solo Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 967777
Choeur A Capella - Repert Fetes Peuple
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 266521
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197028
FJH Piano Ensemble
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 968313
Choral Miscellany No. 59
for: female choir [SSA] and piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904895
Classic Clarinet Series
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 971690
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1196989
Choral Dance No. 17
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 903731
Why?
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Piano score (conductor)
Item no.: 1062181
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 576191
FJH Young Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 968543
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1197116
from "The Sleeping Beauty"
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1204779
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare/Brass Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145542
for: Voice (bass), piano
Music score
Item no.: 169686
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1163394
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105405
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 971532
FJH String Orchestra
for: String instrument
Score, Parts
Item no.: 967579
No. 56
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 322977
FJH Piano Ensemble
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 968289
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 365174
Biografie
Book
Item no.: 321387
Song (Db)
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1019884
Russian Dance
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105548
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