“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.
Flute
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 760342
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2080
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 245965
A Remembrance of Viktor Hartmann
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616170
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 412905
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score
Item no.: 391474
for: 2 oboes, cor anglais
Score, Parts
Item no.: 630427
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 646040
Lyric book
Item no.: 149450
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 225129
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 403692
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 129100
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391764
for: Piano
Item no.: 357258
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1713891
Polonaise, Op. 49
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668815
Klassik
for: 2 Oboes, English Horn and Bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531032
From Sadko
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1583307
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 776343
from the Opera "Prince Igor"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 743450
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038824
Harjanne's Collection
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1022471
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531117
for: Oboe, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1641202
Reprint
Beyond the Waves
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1355869
3-4 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917933
Instrumentation by Maurice Ravel
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 758475
for: Tubaquartett
Book
Item no.: 1143015
Studienpartitur (2 Bände)
for: Symphonic orchestra
2 Study scores
Item no.: 1344923
Russische Klaviermusik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 635578
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090385
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 488312
Violoncello, Kontrabass, Flöte, Oboe und Horn
Studienpartitur
for: KAMMERMUSIK SONSTIGE BESETZUNGEN OKTETTE
Study score
Item no.: 609485
for: Violin, piano
Klavierauszug, Stimme
Item no.: 147708
aus "Die Jahreszeiten"
für Klarinette und Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 673372
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 363955
for 4 saxophones (SATB) score and parts
for: Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 623516
for: 3 violins
Item no.: 217225
Studienpartitur in 2 Bänden
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1344642
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044240
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051957
for: Trumpet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051698
op.91
Festive Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676451
for: Organ
Item no.: 489788
op. 39/2
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1582217
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050131
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1028173
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027383
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