“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.
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432656
for: Piano, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 576849
for: String orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1646561
for: Vocal and Chamber Orchestra
Score
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for: Women's Choir [SSA] and Piano
Choir score
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for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
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for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Klarinetten-Ensemble
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1212556
for: String Orchestra and opt. Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 936024
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1648818
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1648800
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 488368
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 1668601
Ballet
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143372
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204571
for: Trombone, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1138244
Soprano Tenor
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1017505
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 564882
Buch
Item no.: 249752
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105277
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204688
Book
Item no.: 1204736
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
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Book
Item no.: 1204547
Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
Item no.: 1204494
Choir score
Item no.: 1177005
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1586043
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204728
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211100
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 627163
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204586
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1140808
for: Children's Choir
Book
Item no.: 368440
Recorder Ensembles
for: BFL ENSEMBLE (SOPSAATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 368916
Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
Item no.: 330077
Opus 39, N°8
for: Cello, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1070601
for: Balalaika and Guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1071734
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1203076
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 564883
Saint Cecilia Series
for: Organ
Item no.: 328499
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1203597
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1201382
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1200965
from the Ballet Swan Lake op. 20
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 891551
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 898970
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos (sextet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1344173
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830123
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