“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.
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for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Violin I & II
for: Violin
CD-ROM
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Klassik
for: Viola, piano
Book
Item no.: 819769
orm "Pictures at an Exhibition"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Klassik
for: Voice (high)
Book
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The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library - Flute
for: Flute
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1204323
Symphonic Suite
for: Orchestra
Study score
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for: Oboe
Music score
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Akkordeon (Mll oder Mlll) oder Klavier
for: Accordion [piano]
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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for: Flute
Instrumental Solo
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C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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Abendhymnus Mildes Licht
aus: Zehn Chöre zur Ganznächtlichen Vigil
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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Sound Spectacular
70 Repertoire Favorities for Young Players
for: Tuba; piano ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 691217
op. 3/1
for: Piano
Music score
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Fm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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Em
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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A Story With Music for Piano
for: Piano
Solostimme
Item no.: 1618369
for: String orchestra
Score
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C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
Item no.: 1204649
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
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Music for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score
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Hal Leonard Flex-Band Series
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score
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from
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Short Version
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
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1st Movement from Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra, Op. 48
Belwin Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Russian Song
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: String orchestra
Score
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Konzertwerk
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: String orchestra
Score
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from The Nutcracker Ballet
for: String orchestra
Score
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Opus 45
for: Concert band
Score
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From Eugen Onegin
for: Brass band
Score
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Nuit Sur Le Mont Chauve, Une
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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2 Flöten
for: 2 flutes (duet)
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for: Concert band
Score
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Original-Titel: Ballett der Küchlein in ihren Eierschalen aus 'Bilder einer Ausstellung'
Edition Melton Tubaquartett
for: 4 tubas [trombones/baritone horns/tenor horns]
Score, Parts
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for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
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for: Concert band
Sheet music
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Solo for Cornet or Violin
for: Cornet [violin], brass band
Score, Parts
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for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
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