“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.
Neu-Russische Meister
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 356972
Suite from the Ballet
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392029
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Study score
Item no.: 391506
FlexBand
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score
Item no.: 811182
"Mozartiana"
for: Clarinet (A)
Music score
Item no.: 769759
2 Flöten
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Item no.: 1352044
for: Clarinet in A and Piano
Book
Item no.: 313182
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 608428
STRING ATTACK
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1611279
Simply Classics
Item no.: 611860
for: 2 voices, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 576468
for piano
for: Piano
Item no.: 634340
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 296910
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 378785
for: Piano
Item no.: 187877
for: Piano
Item no.: 278437
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score, solo part
Item no.: 174467
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 134372
from "The Snow Maiden"
Symphonic Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 955995
Klaviernoten zur Klassik & Romantik mal einfacher ...
for: Piano
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 694297
aus dem Streichquartett Nr. 2 D-Dur - bearbeitet für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 137574
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 137125
1st Movement from Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra, Op. 48
Belwin Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745053
Russian Song
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 762044
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 947051
Konzertwerk
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 943830
A Ballet in Two Acts
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 940146
for: SATB divisi with SATB Soli
Book
Item no.: 935478
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849152
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 942194
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 943304
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 944092
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 943963
from The Nutcracker Suite
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 912126
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 893363
A Ballet in a Prologue and Three Acts
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 886532
from The Nutcracker Ballet
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948954
Edition Pro Salon
for: VL SOLO VC SOLO FL KLAR 2 VL VC KB KLAV
Item no.: 168766
Edition Pro Salon
for: Flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano
Item no.: 206812
Urtext (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 420087
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 358729
Nr. 12 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357271
Nr. 6 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357265
Nr. 5 aus Kinderalbum op. 39
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1357264
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1646560
Score
Item no.: 245152
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 161326
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 177171
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