“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.
Nine pieces for string quartet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 358770
Ballettsuite
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392443
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391650
op. 42
for: Piano
Item no.: 617081
Sinfonische Dichtung für Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 135492
op. 8 und Stücke aus op. 1, 19, 21, 59
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 379209
National Federation of Music Clubs 2014-2016 Selection
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 318912
for: Organ 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 556733
Urtextausgabe mit bezeichneter und unbezeichneter Streicherstimme
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 663038
Ausgabe für Violine und Klavier vom Komponisten
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 360545
for: Piano 6 hands
Item no.: 421033
Arrangement
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797043
for Piano
Schott Piano Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 462737
aus "Der Nussknacker"
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 78
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Score, part
Item no.: 611886
16 great Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 620918
for: Piano, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 197743
orchestriert von Maurice Ravel
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 623224
Stringsets
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 188746
revidiert vom Komponistenop. 50
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 363812
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 339380
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Cello, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391997
From the opera 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan'
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 209012
op. 62
for: Cello, orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 356990
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160814
mit bezeichnetem und unbezeichnetem Solopart
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674139
Transcriptions by Zoltán Kocsis
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197635
Dover Miniature Scores
Study score
Item no.: 184038
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Volume 2116
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 641239
op. 34, no. 14
for: Voice (high), piano
Item no.: 621039
Collection of Easy Pieces for Children á la Schumann
Urtext on Čajkovskij. New Edition of the Complete Works
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 389016
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 1610, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 137627
Piano Duet
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 900142
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 338435
for: Piano, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 197742
Klassik
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1591206
Arrangement for Narrator and Brass Ensemble
Simrock Original Edition
for: Narrator, brass ensemble (7 parts)
Lyric book
Item no.: 194077
from "Pictures at an Exhibition"
The Organist's Library
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 971762
Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215443
In a simple arrangement for piano
Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215445
Reprint P. Jurgenson, Leipzig, n.d.
This volume presents a clear and thorough introduction to the study of harmony - a complete course in writing music featuring numerous examples and exercises
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 134848
12 Selections from the Ballet by Tchaikovsky
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 603319
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1657346
"How fair this spot!"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 462507
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1664573
Harjanne's Collection
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1667470
Op. 51 Nr. 6
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290571
op. 16
for: Piano
Item no.: 357258
op. 40/2
for: Piano
Item no.: 180770
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