“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: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1066230
for: Flute, violin, viola, cello (flute quartet)
Item no.: 276170
and None But The Weary Heart
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1062295
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023677
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1211677
Klassik
for: Violin, String Quartet and Piano
Score
Item no.: 324958
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1212138
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432656
Folk
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 404332
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 404285
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 488368
Later Elementary Level
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 933085
(aus Nussknacker Suite)
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1690238
Stimmensatz
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Sheet music
Item no.: 1640299
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 1668601
from "The Sleeping Beauty"
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204859
Ballet
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143372
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1105742
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204571
for: Trombone, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1138244
Soprano Tenor
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1017505
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 564882
Unbekannte Werke der Klassik und Romantik
for: Flute, string orchestra
Single part (Flute solo)
Item no.: 430697
Buch
Item no.: 249752
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1105277
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204688
Book
Item no.: 1204736
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204604
Book
Item no.: 1204547
Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
Item no.: 1204494
Choir score
Item no.: 1177005
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1586043
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano 4 Hands
Choir score
Item no.: 937894
Chant sans paroles
for: Fl, Klar, Hn, Fg, 2 V, Vc, Kb
Score
Item no.: 646052
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204728
Where Are You, Little Star
for: 2 Part Choir, Soloist and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092003
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1211100
for: Violin, clarinet, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 627163
aus Streichquartett 1 – für Violoncello und Streichquintett (1888)
Unbekannte Werke der Klassik und Romantik 910
for: Cello solo, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 332403
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 1204586
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1140808
for: Children's Choir
Book
Item no.: 368440
für Violoncello und Streicher
Erstdruck
for: Cello, strings
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 339748
für Violoncello und Streicher
Erstdruck
for: Cello, strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 339746
Recorder Ensembles
for: BFL ENSEMBLE (SOPSAATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 368916
Klassik
for: Voice (low)
Book
Item no.: 330077
Opus 39, N°8
for: Cello, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1070601
for: Balalaika and Guitar
Buch
Item no.: 1071734
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