“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: Piano
Music score
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Lyrische Szenen in 3 Akten und 7 Szenen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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Geistliche Musik
for: Women's Choir [SSA] and Piano 4 Hands
Choir score
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for: Saxophone Ensemble [SSAATBar]
Score, Parts
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for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
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for: 5 saxophones
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for: FL KLAR TRP POS
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for: Classical
Buch
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for: Children's Choir
Book
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F-Dur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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Pas d'action and Danse napolitaine
for: 8 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1016754
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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(Urtext)
for: Piano
Item no.: 365253
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: SAX QUINTETT (SAATB)
Score, Parts
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Männerstimmen
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
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for: Descant recorder, flute
Ensemble score, solo part
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Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible Instrumentation
Score, Parts
Item no.: 477828
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 348547
Danse Arabe
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829838
Danse De La Fée Dragée
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
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for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829205
from Pictures at an Exhibition
for: 4 flutes [3 flutes, alto flute]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1016124
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Organ
Music score
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Klassik
for: Clarinet or Trumpet and Piano
Book
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set of string parts
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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op. 64
for: für Orchester
Taschenpartitur
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Nr. 15 To Thee the Victorious Leader (Vzbrannoy voyevode)
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471521
for: 2 pianos
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383152
aus "Sadko"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358834
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358812
aus "Fürst Igor"
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358782
for: Piano
Music score
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Suite
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Horn
Music score
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Single part Violin
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Cello, orchestra
Book
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Hymn and March
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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William Allen Music – Competition Series
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023405
Overture
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1064025
BOVACO Vocal Solo
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score, Parts
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