“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 flute and piano
Mitropa Instrumental Series
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 634029
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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Hands-on Activities for exploring Tschaikowsky's Ballet
Active Listening Lessons
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music score, CD
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The Masters Collection
Music lesson book
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Ballett in zwei Akten op. 71
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215442
Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
for: Piano
Music score
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Reprint of the 1922 edition
Book
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from Prince Igor
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
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Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
for: Piano
Music score
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Lyrical Scenes in 3 acts op. 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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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
Boek (softcover)
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12 Selections from the Ballet by Tchaikovsky
for: Piano
Music score
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The Organist's Library
for: Organ
Music score
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English version
Lyric book
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The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Oboe [cor anglais]
CD-ROM
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Symphonic suite for orchestra
In a simple arrangement
Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
for: Piano
Music score
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from The Nutcracker
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
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Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
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for: Piano
Score
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for: Piano
Music score
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Klassik
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Music score
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FlexBand
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score
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for clarinet and piano
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
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Study book
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66 Songs in Original Keys
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: Flute, piano
Book
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Flute Trio with Piano
for: Flute Trio and Piano
Score, Parts
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This editionis a reprint from the original publication
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Choral Dance No. 17
for: Women's Choir and Orchestra
Piano reduction
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from 'Pictures at an Exhibition'
for: Concert band
Score
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First Edition
Band 1
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Score (with critical report)
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"How fair this spot!"
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
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Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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from The Nutcracker
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
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Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Klarinettentrio
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from the Opera The Night before Christmas
for: Concert band
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Klassik
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from Swan Lake
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Sheet music
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from The Nutcracker
for: Piano
Sheet music
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Band 1
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Score (with critical report)
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Rubank Solo-Ensemble Sheet
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
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Music for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score
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Golden flute Series
for: Flute
Music score
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For Medium-Low Voice and Piano
for: Medium Low Voice and Piano
Book
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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