“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: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 604508
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: String orchestra
Score
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Russian Piano Classics – Authentic Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197620
for: Bassoon, piano
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aus der Ballettmusik „Der Nussknacker“, op. 71
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1689
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 339380
Dover Full Scores
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 214908
EMB Moments Musicaux for Violoncello 6
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198033
Ouvertüre
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 432907
In Full Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 164106
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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for: Flute, piano
Book
Item no.: 993716
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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The Masters Collection
Music lesson book
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Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Piano, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 749227
Ausgabe für Violine und Klavier vom Komponisten
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 360545
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
arranged for double bass and piano
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
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In Full Score
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for Piano
Schott Piano Classics
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Music score
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(Urtext)
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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Transcriptions by Zoltán Kocsis
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Music score
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for: 2 pianos
Music score
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Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
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op. 33 1st and 2nd Versions, op. 39 (SR 64)
Rachmaninoff Practical Urtext Editions 4
for: Piano
Music score
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Arrangement
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Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797043
Orientalische Fantasie
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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op. 42
for: Piano
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for: Accordion
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G. Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics (Neu) - Piano Collection
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Music score
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Ballettsuite
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392443
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197555
op. 3, op. 10, op. 16 (SR 25, SR 33, SR 40)
Rachmaninoff Practical Urtext Editions 2
for: Piano
Music score
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op. 3, 23, 32
G. Schirmer’s Library of Musical Classics
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Music score
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for: Cello [viola], piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
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mit bezeichnetem und unbezeichnetem Solopart
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674139
Autorisierte Erstausgabe
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
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Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Volume 2116
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Music score
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Versions 1913 and 1931
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Music score (Urtext edition)
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Ballett
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
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Hands-on Activities for exploring Tschaikowsky's Ballet
Active Listening Lessons
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music score, CD
Item no.: 632786
Symphonic-Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803719
Klassik
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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from The Nutcracker
for: Piano
Music score
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Second Edition
Band 3
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Score (with critical report)
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Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1024243
Symphonic Suite
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 759146
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