“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: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: Soprano saxophone, piano
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for: Euphonium, piano
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for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: 3 flutes (trio)
Sheet music
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from: Pictures at an Exhibition
for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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from: Children's Album
for: Piano
Music score
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Festouvertüre für grosses Orchester (komplett, Urtextausgabe) (complete, Urtext)
Harmony parts (complete winds)
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
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for: Bühnenwerke Ballette
Book
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for: Piano
Music score
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Study score
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for: Piano
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for Piano
for: Piano
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for: SATB divisi a Cappella
Einzelstimme
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for: 2 pianos
Music score
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First mouvement only
for: Cello, piano
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for: Piano
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for: Cello, piano
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for: Violin, piano
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: 4 Flöten
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Bühnenwerke Ballette
Book
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for: Orchestra and Piano
Book
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for: Unison Choir
Choir score
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for: Orchesterwerke Sinfonien, Taschenpartitur
Book
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for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
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for: Violin, piano
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for: Harp
Music score
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for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
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for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Sheet music
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op. 37
for: Cello, piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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from the ballet-opera "Mlada"
for: Orchestra
Study score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Set of parts
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