“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.
EOS - Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: Cello, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 488678
aus "Fürst Igor"
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 358784
Oper in 4 Akten und einem Prolog
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358976
for: Piano
Item no.: 285733
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 164486
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 151203
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 578300
Book
Item no.: 362651
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371070
Klassik
for: Voice (high)
Book
Item no.: 457137
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023424
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1141387
per violino e orchestra
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1162420
for: Choir
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 798676
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972152
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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Meistermelodien
for: Piano
Item no.: 413389
D'Apres Le Quatuor A Cordes N° 2
for: Bläserquintett
Buch
Item no.: 443789
EOS - Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: Cello, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 628954
from "Boris Godunov"
Faber Brass Band Series
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651334
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 969043
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1109444
for: Voice (high), piano
[englisch, russich]
Item no.: 278558
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 581198
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764188
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 844060
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126580
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 779859
Edizione Originale Nuova Traduzione Di
for: Opera
Book
Item no.: 965710
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1648800
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092502
Sinfonia Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 956396
Symphonic Poem
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 736886
(Russian)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092962
op. 32
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 722553
Book
Item no.: 1204611
on Serbian Themes
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198268
Book
Item no.: 1204662
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
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Book
Item no.: 1204665
for: Klarinetten-Ensemble
Item no.: 1647061
Book
Item no.: 1204560
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212138
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1211677
Klassik
for: Vocal and Chamber Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 821526
Th. 83
for: 4 Tuba's
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830196
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