“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: 2 Part Choir, Soloist and Piano
Choir score
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from "The Snow Maiden"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688027
Marsch
for: Piano
Single edition
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Kendor Archive Editions
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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Ce Qu'Un Seul Jour Op16 No3 Baryton-Mezzo
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Handbells [3-4]
Single edition
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for: Organ
Music score
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aus 'Der Nussknacker'
for: 4 flutes, string orchestra
Score, Parts
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Book
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for: Gitarrenduo
Book
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The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Oboe and Concert Band
Set of parts
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(From Nutcracker)
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144437
for: Piano
Music score
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Solo-Konzert
for: Brass Band and Trombone
Score, Parts
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for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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für Blasorchester Partitur und Stimmen
for: Concert band
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for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
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for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Opera
Buch
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for: Children's Choir
Book
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for: BFL ENSEMBLE (SOPSAATTBGB)
Score, Parts
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Buch
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
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Book
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for: Opera
Buch
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Buch
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Hoeren + Verstehen 10
CD
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Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
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Th. 83
for: 3 Trombones and Bass Trombone
Score, Parts
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Marche
for: Klarinettenensemble
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Danse Chinoise
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Viola, piano
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Woodwind Septet
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for: Double bass
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Ballet Suite
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1428
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert band
Score
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