“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.
Music for Piano
for: Piano
Item no.: 1356841
op. 37a
for: Piano
Item no.: 1356809
op. 42, Nr. 3 Melodie
for: Horn, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 1645636
Choral Dance No. 17
for: Women's Choir and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 897525
The Voyage Unlimited Series
for: Flöte und Streichquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1352191
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1211914
for: Cello Duet
Book
Item no.: 1203724
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035499
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035498
for: FL (OB) KLAV (+ VC)
Item no.: 1667734
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949451
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949539
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949587
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 820420
from the Ballet The Nutcracker op. 71
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 888789
Quarter Military Band QMB 137
for: Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 888335
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 893787
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 963931
Streichorchester
Partitur und Stimmen
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 863058
Nutcracker
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1147106
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1620637
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1659113
Jazz Ensemble
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1025108
for: Woodwind Octet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090838
William Allen Music – Competition Series
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019194
Anthem for Mixed Voices
for: Chor und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1625878
op. 23
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1650808
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1650806
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 948118
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947970
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 945675
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 942509
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 943408
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183292
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181040
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183919
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 946056
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 946753
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1664473
Näyttelykuvia
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1149269
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 893055
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 947114
No. 4 for piano in Tchaikovsky's own arrangement for cello and string orchestra
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 750589
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1010970
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1065003
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1009732
for: Concert Band and Vocal Soloist
Score
Item no.: 1068989
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1024556
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