“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Sergei Rachmaninoff was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor. He is considered the last romantic among the great Russian composers. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his magnificent works today!
Unfortunately, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s childhood cannot be described as a particularly happy one. He was born into a wealthy aristocratic family, whose fortunes were soon dashed by his father’s decadent and debauched lifestyle, squandering all their money on mistresses and gambling. After his parents separated, the boy was sent to live with his grandmother, who recognised and nurtured his musical talents. At the age of nine, he joined the St. Petersburg Conservatoire. Despite his brilliant piano technique, and great musical talent, Rachmaninoff did not thrive at school, and was eventually sent off to Moscow, where he studied under the excellent teacher, Nikolai Zverev. It was in Moscow, that Rachmaninoff first began composing.
At the end of the 1890s, the young Rachmaninoff suffered two cruel turns of fate, both his close friend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his teacher Nikolai Zverev died. His 1st Symphony premiered in 1897, and although it was conducted by Alexander Glazunov, the performance was so lacking, that Rachmaninoff couldn’t bear to listen to any more, got up, and left the auditorium well before the end of the piece. The work was mercilessly slammed by the critics, and Rachmaninoff suffered a nervous breakdown. In the following three years, Rachmaninoff struggled to even pick up his quill.
It was not until after 1901 that Rachmaninoff finally turned back to music. He began to work as a conductor in Moscow, and slowly began to travel and perform again, first through Europe, and then the United States as a pianist and conductor. Soon however, the political situation in Russia became so dire, that in 1917, Rachmaninoff and his entire family bade a sad farewell to their homeland, never to return. They emigrated first to Scandinavia, and then in 1918, to America. He spent the final years of his life in the US and Switzerland, where he found peace in his villa, where he would retire after exhausting concert tours.
Stylistically, Sergei Rachmaninoff belongs to neo-romanticists, although his ideas were very original. His works are richly nationalistic, and encapture the essence of the Russian folk tradition. Rachmaninov was inspired by the typically Russian, expressive, romantic motifs and melodies of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Today, it is still possible to find recordings of Rachmaninoff’s piano playing; one can sit back, and admire his remarkable interpretive and expressive skills, and one can gain an insight into the composer’s inner thoughts, as he masterfully navigates his own magnificent works.
Klassik
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1591211
Variation Nr. 18
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 144556
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160814
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 736149
Románc op. 4/5
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 254898
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 792117
Music Minus One
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1541582
Autorisierte Erstausgabe
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 228994
Belwin Classic Library
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 403821
op. 3, 23, 32
G. Schirmer’s Library of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 208880
G. Schirmer’s Library of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 137626
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 457008
Transkription der Symphonie Nr. 2
(für Aufführungen werden zwei Exemplare benötigt)
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641980
Music Minus One
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1541577
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552161
Reduction for 2 pianos
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 197741
The Monuments of Russian Sacred Music Serie IX, Vol. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 297337
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197555
op. 34 n° 14
arranged for violin and piano
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 6601
Boosey Masterworks
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 144058
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 326295
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 367054
for: Piano, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 348387
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Item no.: 129058
Miscellaneous Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 357794
op. 3 no. 2, op. 23, op. 32 (SR 58)
Rachmaninoff Practical Urtext Editions 3
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 676417
op. 3, op. 10, op. 16 (SR 25, SR 33, SR 40)
Rachmaninoff Practical Urtext Editions 2
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 676416
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 635616
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404406
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 214443
Russian Piano Classics – Authentic Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197620
Autorisierte Erstausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 241827
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198011
G. Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics (Neu) - Piano Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 410052
For Piano And Orchestra
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 150214
Boosey Masterworks
for: Orchestra and Piano
Score
Item no.: 361698
for: Cello, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1051812
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1558711
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 680870
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 896060
Two-Piano Score
for: Piano, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 161407
for: Double bass, piano
Book
Item no.: 164474
Originalausgabe
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 170817
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 201448
Vocal Solo
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 318550
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 224676
Sinfonische Dichtung für Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 135492
arranged for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635954
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