The most prominent member of the so-called “Group of Five” was the Russian composer Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov (1844-1908). He drew not only from the wealth of Russian folk songs, sophisticated instrumentation and progressive western compositional models, but also from oriental elements and new, modern tonal brilliance. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at Scheherazade and many other brilliant compositions by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov today!
At the age of 27, Rimsky-Korsakov was already so famous and technically revered, that he became professor of composition and instrumentation at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. His students included Alexander Glazunov and Igor Stravinsky. It was not only his musical ideas which were way ahead of their time, but also his social and political views, especially his support of the 1905 revolution, and his public criticism of the Russian tsarist system. Rimsky-Korsakov’s greatest attribute was his truthful portrayal of Russian folk life, past and present, using well-developed instrumental, harmonic and dramatic methods.
The genre which most intrigued Rimsky-Korsakov was Opera. He composed a total of fifteen operas, mostly on historical and fairy tale themes. His symphonic works were also very successful, significant highlights however, are not his three symphonies, but his programme music (especially “Scheherazade” and “Capriccio Espagnol”). His Chamber Music and Art Song did not enjoy quite the same reception as his operatic or orchestral works, nor did his rather underrated Piano Concerto in C# Minor. The most popular composition by Rimsky-Korsakow is widely considered the infamous Flight of the Bumblebee, which is available in numerous instrumental arrangements.
für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 394652
from the ballet-opera "Mlada"
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1552296
for: Piccolo, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244717
for: Clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244712
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244706
for: Treble recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1244704
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1201305
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994558
Klassik
for: 4-Part Flexible Ensemble
Book
Item no.: 988094
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 271127
Klassik
for: Violin or Flute and Piano
Book
Item no.: 489995
Klassik
for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286162
Klassik
for: Piccolo, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281805
Klassik
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281799
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1281795
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 601653
for: Flute ensemble
Book
Item no.: 1329649
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311649
for: Piccolo, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301378
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301377
for: Tenor saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301355
for: Bass trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301341
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301331
for: Woodwind ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 991825
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 358659
Trascrizione per organo di Angelo Maria Trovato
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 641557
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1063709
for: Piano
Item no.: 164126
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 786
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 559827
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035500
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 887314
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 604578
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1684119
from the opera "The Golden Cockerel"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 731233
op. 37
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1548700
for: Cello, guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301332
for: Wind ensemble (10 instruments)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966805
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 888334
for: Marimba
Music score
Item no.: 926807
for: Alto flute
Buch
Item no.: 632811
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 948901
for: Concert band
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 815490
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 669438
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1705642
for: 2 violins, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 178850
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1351130
Arrangements from “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 286176
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 225475