“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: Flexible ensemble
Score, Set of parts
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Taschenpartitur
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for: 2 oboes, cor anglais
Score, Parts
Item no.: 630427
Lyric book
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Clarinet, guitar
Sheet music
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for: Tenor recorder, guitar
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for: Baritone saxophone, guitar
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for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
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for: Trombone, guitar
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for: Violin, piano [organ]
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for: Piano, orchestra
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for: Clarinet, concert band
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for: Trumpet, piano
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for: Soprano saxophone, piano
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for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
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for: Horn (F), piano
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for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
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for: Clarinet, piano
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for: Horn (F), piano
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for: 4 brass instruments
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Item no.: 1285338
for: Clarinet, piano
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for: Brass band
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for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
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for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
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for: Violin, piano
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Item no.: 1281993
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282364
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1282175
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290571
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290555
for: Violin & String Quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299429
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299272
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299266
for: Horn (F), piano
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for: Horn (E-flat), piano
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for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 597227
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Buch
Item no.: 269786
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 403692
for: Saxophone (SATBar) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1356581
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 581691
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 129050
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315408
Fantasy Overture
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 736512
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733831
Hindu Song
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733663
for piano and orchestra
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 732150
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587528
from the Opera "Sadko"
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 752519
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