“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.
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860802
Clarinet and Piano Book/Online Audio
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1026960
Extraits De Casse - Noisette [Danses: Espagnole / Arabe / Chinoise / Russe]
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1073373
Promenade - Il Vecchio Castello - Promenade - Ballet Des Poussins Dans Leurs Coques
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1072158
Fingersatz und spielpraktische Einrichtung von Lev Vinocour
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 750344
für Sopranblockflöte und Klavier
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 645566
"Il vecchio castello" für 8 Violoncelli
for: 8 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659716
Piano reduction
Item no.: 229009
Carpe Diem Wood Wind Series
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score
Item no.: 557391
Unbekannte Werke Der Klassik + Romantik
for: 2 violins, cello
Item no.: 193591
Collection of Romances
for: Medium or Low Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1204615
for: Bassoon, piano
Book
Item no.: 332298
Easy Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315282
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258534
for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051255
für Violine und Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1344689
24 Easy Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316317
aus Streichquartett 1 – für Violoncello und Streichquintett (1888)
Unbekannte Werke der Klassik und Romantik 910
for: Cello solo, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Score
Item no.: 430687
Symphonic Brass Ensemble Series (Rekkenze Brass)
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 186068
for: Piano Quartet
Book
Item no.: 134494
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 607647
Vier Sätze nach der Konzertsuite op. 71a
für zwei Trompeten und zwei Posaunen
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 479793
Studienpartitur (2 Bände)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 478756
in einem Prolog und 4 Akten
Studienpartitur (kyr) + Libretto (dt)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 563834
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 560507
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 164858
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 111136
Sudien und Übungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 347265
for: Organ
Item no.: 364180
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 337223
Young Concert Band
for: Youth concert band
Item no.: 375285
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 665293
Der Engel sprach
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423242
in 2 Bänden op. 68
Reprint
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 621962
für diverse Besetzungen
Studienpartitur
for: KAMMERMUSIK SONSTIGE BESETZUNGEN
Study score
Item no.: 563938
Cello with Piano Reduction
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1026962
for Trombone and Military Band
for: Tombone and Symphonic Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198466
für Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1343996
CW 141
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2959
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1654765
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553111
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044233
(Le ruisseau / Wellengeriesel)
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 757663
for: TTBB Piano 4-Hands
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037329
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050132
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1050899
for: Voice (low), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027382
Cherubinischer Gesang Nr. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423086
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