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Russian Composers of the Romantic Period

“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.

Russian National School

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 Group of Five

“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.

High & Late Romanticism

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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DL: P.I. Tschaikowsky: Tchaikovsky: Violi, VlKlav (KlavpaSt)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

for: Violin, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1383231

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DL: P.I. Tschaikowsky: The Nutcracker ... In A, Stro (Pa+St)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Mark Weston, Douglas E. Wagner,

The Nutcracker ... In About Three Minutes

for: String orchestra

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Item no.: 1382159

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DL: P.I. Tschaikowsky:
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Michael Story,

"Theme from the ""1812 Overture"""

for: String orchestra

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1381994

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DL: P.I. Tschaikowsky: 1812 Overture, Sinfo (Pa+St)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jerry Brubaker,

1812 Overture

for: Symphonic orchestra

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1381930

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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Na Son Grjadu_cij (Auf den k, GCh4 (Part)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Na Son Grjadušcij (Auf den kommenden Schlaf) c-Moll (1863)

for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella

Score

Item no.: 422847

2.85  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 3–6 working days (dk)
M. Mussorgski: Pictures at an Exhibition, Varens5 (Pa+St)

Sound

Modest Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition

Hal Leonard Flex-Band Series
for brass, woodwind or strings / includes percussion

for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.

Score, Parts

Item no.: 609753

93.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
N. Rimski-Korsakow: Hummelflug , VlKlav
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow, Rimskij-Korsakow, Nikolaj

Hummelflug

for: Violin, piano

Item no.: 356739

7.60  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 3–6 working days (dk)
P.I. Tschaikowsky: Barcarole, Klav
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Barcarole

from "The Seasons" opus 37/6 (June)

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 356209

7.60  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Nussknacker-Suite, 3Klar (Sppa)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Nussknacker-Suite

for: 3 clarinets (trio)

Ensemble score

Item no.: 191974

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DL: N. Rimski-Korsakow: Dance of the Tumblers , Stro (Pa+St)
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Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow, Nickolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Todd Parrish,

Dance of the Tumblers (from the Opera Snow Maiden)

for: String orchestra

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Item no.: 1381055

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DL: P.I. Tschaikowsky: The Nutcracker . . . In About Three M
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Mark Weston

The Nutcracker . . . In About Three Minutes SATB

for: Choral

Item no.: 1377152

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AQ: P.I. Tschaikowsky: Die Jahreszeiten op. 3, Klav (B-Ware)
with slight signs of use
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Seasons op. 37bis

for Piano
Schott Piano Classics

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 1690868

21.10  € –30 %
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A. Ljadow: Festival in Russia, Blaso (Pa+St)
Anatoli Ljadow

Festival in Russia

Polonaise, Op. 49

for: Concert band

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1668815

327.20  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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The Crown Of Roses (Pa+St)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Crown Of Roses

Klassik

for: 2 Oboes, English Horn and Bassoon

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1531032

16.60  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
Song Of India, Blaso (Pa+St)
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow

Song Of India

From Sadko

for: Concert band

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1583307

110.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 weeks (dk)
P.I. Tschaikowsky: Capriccio Italien, TrpKlav (KlavpaSt)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Capriccio Italien

Harjanne's Collection

for: Trumpet, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1022471

28.10  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 weeks (dk)
Promenade, 5Blech (Pa+St)
Modest Mussorgsky

Promenade

for: 5 brass winds

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1531117

30.40  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
E. Mairhofer: Tschaikowskys-Melodie of Swan, ObBlaso (Pa+St)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tschaikowskys–Melodie of Swan Lake

for: Oboe, concert band

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1641202

70.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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E. Nápravník: Suite op. 29, VcKlav (KlavpaSt)
Eduard Nápravník

Suite op. 29

Reprint
Beyond the Waves

for: Cello, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 1355869

30.40  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Three Pieces from The Nutcracker (Bt (Bu)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peter Smalley

Three Pieces from The Nutcracker (Btq)

for: Tubaquartett

Book

Item no.: 1143015

32.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
Schwanensee op.20, Sinfo (2STP)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Schwanensee op.20

Studienpartitur (2 Bände)

for: Symphonic orchestra

2 Study scores

Item no.: 1344923

134.40  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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A. Ljadow: Impromptu op. 6, Klavier
Anatoli Ljadow, Liadow, Anatole

Impromptu op. 6

Russische Klaviermusik

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 635578

4.65  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 weeks (dk)
P.I. Tschaikowsky: March Slave, Blaso (Pa+St)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

March Slave

for: Concert band

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1090385

73.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
M. Balakirew: Oktett op.3 für Klavier, Violine, Viola, (Stp)
Mili Balakirew

Oktett op.3 für Klavier, Violine, Viola,

Violoncello, Kontrabass, Flöte, Oboe und Horn
Studienpartitur

for: KAMMERMUSIK SONSTIGE BESETZUNGEN OKTETTE

Study score

Item no.: 609485

22.20  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Sérénade mélancolique op. 26, VlKlav
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Henri Marteau, Tschaikowsky, Peter Iljitsch [Bea:] Marteau, Henri

Sérénade mélancolique op. 26

for: Violin, piano

Klavierauszug, Stimme

Item no.: 147708

14.10  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Dornroeschen Walzer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Dornroeschen Walzer

for: String orchestra

Score, Parts

Item no.: 363955

101.10  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: 4 Charakterstuecke
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

4 Charakterstuecke

for: 3 violins

Item no.: 217225

23.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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Das Mädchen von Pskow
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow

Das Mädchen von Pskow

Studienpartitur in 2 Bänden

for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER

Item no.: 1344642

92.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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A. Glasunow: Cortege solennel op.91, Blasorch

Cortège Solennel op.91

Alexander Glasunow

Cortège solennel

op.91
Festive Music

for: Concert band

Score, Parts

Item no.: 676451

116.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 weeks (dk)
A. Borodin: Polovetzkaya Pliaska - Polowetzer Taenze (Fuerst
Alexander Borodin

Polovetzkaya Pliaska - Polowetzer Taenze (Fuerst Igor)

for: Organ

Item no.: 489788

39.20  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 months
A. Ljadow: Iz Apokalipsisa op. 66, Sinfo (Stp)
Anatoli Ljadow

Iz Apokalipsisa op. 66

Aus der Apokalypse
Repertoire Explorer

for: Symphonic orchestra

Study score

Item no.: 1345161

15.20  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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AQ: P.I. Tschaikowsky: Nussknacker Suite -, Varblas (B-Ware)
with slight signs of use
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Nussknacker Suite – Marsch

Tschaikowsky's berühmte Ballettmusik als swingendes Jazzarrangement

for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices); rhythm group ad lib.

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1653719

34.50  € –55 %
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Geistliche Chormusik, GsGchOrch
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Geistliche Chormusik

for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra

Audio-CD

Item no.: 691369

21.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 3–6 working days (dk)
M. Mussorgski: Bilder einer Ausstellung I, Blaso (Pa+St)
Modest Mussorgsky

Bilder einer Ausstellung I

for: Concert band

Score, Set of parts

Item no.: 1639499

140.10  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 weeks (dk)
P.I. Tschaikowsky: Der Nussknacker - Suite op, Blaso (Pa+St)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker – Suite op. 71a

for: Concert band

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1667912

302.60  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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AQ: M. Mussorgski: Ballett Der Kuecken In Ihren Eie (B-Ware)
with slight signs of use
Modest Mussorgsky

Ballett Der Kuecken In Ihren Eierschalen

for: 5 clarinets (quintet)

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1667301

36.20  € –55 %
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Song without Words, Opu, 2VlVaVc (Stsatz)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Song without Words, Opus 2 No. 3

for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)

Set of parts

Item no.: 963526

11.40  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 6 - 2nd movem, Sinfo (Pa+St)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 - 2nd movement

Goodmusic Concert Classics

for: Symphonic orchestra

Score, Parts

Item no.: 951755

59.60  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
A. Borodin: Polovtsian Dances, Sinfo (Pa+St)
Alexander Borodin

Polovtsian Dances

Goodmusic Concert Classics

for: Symphonic orchestra

Score, Parts

Item no.: 951604

198.60  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
Sextett (Pa+St)
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow

Sextett

für 2 Violinen, 2 Viola und 2 Violoncelli
Partitur und Stimmen

for: KAMMERMUSIK STREICHINSTRUMENTE SEXTETTE

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1344334

39.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 weeks (dk)
P.I. Tschaikowsky: Der Leierkastenmann, FlObKlHrFg (Pa+St)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Der Leierkastenmann

from "Album für die Jugend"

for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)

Score, Parts

Item no.: 1631908

12.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Waltz from Symphony No., 2VlVaVc (Stsatz)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Waltz from Symphony No. 5, Opus 64

Walzer

for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)

Set of parts

Item no.: 963726

13.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
P.I. Tschaikowsky: Album pour les enfants Op.39 (24 pi, Klav
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Album pour les enfants Op.39 (24 pièces)

Klassik

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 988456

21.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
M. Mussorgski: Gopak extr. de La Foire de Sorotchintsk, Klav
Modest Mussorgsky

Gopak extr. de La Foire de Sorotchintsky

Klassik

for: Piano

Music score

Item no.: 988085

8.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
M. Mussorgski: Bilder einer Ausstellung. Modest Mussorgski /
Modest Mussorgsky, Maurice Ravel

Bilder einer Ausstellung

Ein Miesterwerk im Spiegel seiner Zeit
Heft + Medienpaket
Im Fokus (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)

Item no.: 614384

70.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–2 weeks (dk)
P.I. Tschaikowsky: At The Piano With Cajkovskij
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

At The Piano With Cajkovskij

for: Piano

Item no.: 189220

12.80  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–3 weeks.
S. Rachmaninow: Rhapsodie Op 43 (Paganini Thema - Verkuerzte
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rhapsodie Op 43 (Paganini Thema - Verkuerzte Ausgabe)

for: 2 pianos

Item no.: 403763

16.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
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P.I. Tschaikowsky: Chanson Triste op. 40/, KbKlav (KlavpaSt)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Chanson Triste op. 40/2

for: Double bass, piano

Piano score, solo part

Item no.: 493654

15.10  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 3–6 working days (dk)
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