“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: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1105627
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105634
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1105626
Männerstimmen
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1105629
Frauenstimmen
for: Mixed choir, piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1105628
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1586043
for Clarinet Choir
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1584533
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1023711
for: 6 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023443
aus: Bilder einer Ausstellung
for: Recorder orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1023202
Harjanne's Collection
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1022471
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1020700
10 Auszüge aus der Ballettmusik
aus der Reihe "Klassische Arrangements für Melodieinstrumente"
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 817882
After a theme by Tschaikowski 6 Romances op.6 no.6
for: 8 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1009262
Orchestrated from Tchaikovsky's 6 Romances op.6 no.6
for: 8 cellos
Score
Item no.: 1009263
Lyrische Szenen in 3 Akten und 7 Szenen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1009233
reduzierte Besetzung
for: Youth symphony orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1008838
reduzierte Besetzung
for: Youth symphony orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1008836
reduzierte Besetzung
for: Youth symphony orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008835
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 817339
Musik im Trio 10
for: Treble recorder, violin, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008707
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 797182
for: Descant recorder, flute
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 797206
Arrangement
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797043
Petr Il'ic Cajkovskij – Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 39b
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 796422
Special Arrangements for 2 Advanced Pianists
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 780520
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780525
Ein musikalisches Bilderbuch
Book, CD
Item no.: 779499
Illustrated book, CD
Item no.: 779500
aus 'Der Nussknacker'
for: 4 flutes, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778829
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778736
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 776343
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 776225
Trascrizioni e arrangiamenti per orchestre delle scuole medie a indirizzo musicale, licei musicali, scuole di musica
for: school orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 775715
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 775598
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 775457
for: Bläserquintett
Buch
Item no.: 857610
for: Bläserquintett
Buch
Item no.: 857608
10 Auszüge aus der Ballettmusik
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 817881
10 Auszüge aus der Ballettmusik
for: Klarinette in B und Klavier
Buch + Einzelstimme + Online-Audio
Item no.: 817880
10 Auszüge aus der Ballettmusik
for: Trumpet, piano
Buch + Einzelstimme + Online-Audio
Item no.: 817879
for: Violin, piano
Buch + Einzelstimme + Online-Audio
Item no.: 817883
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 774942
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 773091
Band 1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772273
Opera in 3 acts. Reconstruction of surviving excerpts
Band 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772271
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772274
Second edition
Band 4
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 772275
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