“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.
theme from third movement
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792077
op. 3/2
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 739730
op. 10/2
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 739731
Theme from first movement
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791817
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792115
Theme from third movement
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791821
theme from first movement
for: Trumpet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792095
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792118
18th Variation
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 792227
theme from third movement
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792099
theme from first movement
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792073
theme from second movement
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792076
theme from first movement
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792080
theme from first movement
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792108
theme from first movement
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792079
(from Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3/1)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 734328
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792082
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791814
Theme from first movement
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791815
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792065
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792069
theme from third movement
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792120
The Seven Year Itch
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209781
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792084
theme from third movement
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792087
from The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
for: SSAATTBB
Score
Item no.: 621812
op. 10/1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723221
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792071
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792091
Thema des zweiten Satzes
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792085
theme from first movement
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792088
Theme from second movement
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791820
op. 26/12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 757197
op. 21/7
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 757196
Blagoslowi, dusche moja, Gospoda
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105722
Bb
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589536
G
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589462
Bm
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589459
Dm
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589117
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553818
Bb
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589496
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1553638
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553392
Bb
for: Clarinet
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612602
Milost mira
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105660
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612553
Gb
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612505
F#
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612089
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