“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: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Flute, string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Brass band
Score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Double bass, orchestra
Study score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Violin, piano
Book
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254013
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 634957
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 261932
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 428942
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428941
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 956159
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 290881
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258128
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432654
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 179957
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1138680
3rd Movement
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1593657
Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1108006
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1019512
From 6th Symphony
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1144370
Book
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Book
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Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092430
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092422
Opus 39, N°21
for: Cello, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1070607
Klassik
for: Piano, orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 1193982
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 1137025
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204741
Book
Item no.: 1204762
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204792
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204684
Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
Item no.: 1204759
Book
Item no.: 1204705
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1593148
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's Choir [SSA] and Piano 4 Hands
Choir score
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for: Saxophone Ensemble [SSAATBar]
Score, Parts
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for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 194130
for: 5 saxophones
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for: FL KLAR TRP POS
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