“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.
from the Opera Mlada
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 597227
Edition Pro Salon
for: Violin, cello, piano; violin, instrument (C/B-flat), double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 153128
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Recorder, Trombone, Euphonium Violin, Viola or Violoncello & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251412
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, F Horn or Violin & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251391
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233837
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1233819
und Klavier
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 598195
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587528
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588662
Op. 33 (1876)
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282175
from the Opera Mlada
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285338
from Swan Lake Op. 20
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285178
from Swan Lake Op. 20
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285176
from Swan Lake Op. 20
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285174
from Swan Lake Op. 20
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1285166
From Children'S Album Opus 39
for: Piano, orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308026
Op. 51 Nr. 6
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290571
Op. 51 Nr. 6
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290555
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244686
for: Tuba, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244678
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244674
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244670
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1254041
for trumpet and piano
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 594356
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244092
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244086
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244099
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 686107
Night On The Bare Mountain
Cine Magic
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 592330
From Souvenir d'un lieu cher Opus 42
for: Violin & String Quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299429
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 600893
for: Accordion, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588102
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1563195
Opus 45
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021209
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553988
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553809
für 2 Gitarren/Melodie- und Harmonieinstrument
Stimme (Gitarre 2), 16 Seiten
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 154629
Valse badinage
Musikalnaya tabakerka op. 32
für Piccoloflöte, 2 Flöten, 3 Klarinetten, Harfe und Glockenspiel
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 745
for: Chamber ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 559701
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 559696
Solo-Konzert
for: Brass Band and Cornet[s]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144007
für zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncello
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684116
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1543813
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554482
for: Flute
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052790
completed and orchestrated by Alexander Glasunow
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1582218
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299272
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299266
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299264
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