“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.
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617083
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198011
Henle Urtext Editions
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1017726
Russian Piano Classics – Authentic Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197620
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 736149
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: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 338435
arranged for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 635954
(Urtext)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 617082
Transcriptions by Zoltán Kocsis
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197635
op. 42
for: Piano
Item no.: 617081
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636617
G. Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics (Neu) - Piano Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 410052
op. 33 1st and 2nd Versions, op. 39 (SR 64)
Rachmaninoff Practical Urtext Editions 4
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 676420
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 767294
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197555
op. 3, 23, 32
G. Schirmer’s Library of Musical Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 208880
for two pianos
for: 2 pianos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 683251
op. 3, op. 10, op. 16 (SR 25, SR 33, SR 40)
Rachmaninoff Practical Urtext Editions 2
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 676416
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663395
Versions 1913 and 1931
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679499
Autorisierte Erstausgabe
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 228994
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792117
Thema aus dem 3. Satz
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 168554
Transkription der Symphonie Nr. 2
(für Aufführungen werden zwei Exemplare benötigt)
for: 2 pianos
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641980
aus "Romanzen, op. 34 (Nr. 14)
for: Violin, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 498715
Belwin Classic Library
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 403821
Music Minus One
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1541577
for: Piano, orchestra
Book
Item no.: 197742
for: Voice [melody instrument], piano
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 1019432
for: Piano 6 hands
Item no.: 421033
Edition Schott Einzelausgabe
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356199
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 201448
für Flöte (Klavierbegleitung als PDF zum Ausdrucken)
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 560090
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1558711
From 12 Songs op. 21
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 888197
In Eb Minor, Op. 23, No. 9
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 896919
In G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 895388
Piano Solo Arrangement
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1353397
Scriabin, Rachmaninoff
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1328633
op. 3/4
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 749037
Selected Highlights from the Solo Piano Works
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 619758
For Piano And Orchestra
for: Piano, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 150214
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 680870
Music Minus One
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1541582
op. 3 no. 2, op. 23, op. 32 (SR 58)
Rachmaninoff Practical Urtext Editions 3
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 676417
From the opera 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan'
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 209012
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 1655, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 208806
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