Rubinstein, Anton

Rubinstein, Anton – First Piano Concerto in E Minor, Op. 25 (Piano reduction, 2 copies)

For more information about the piece read the preface to the full score:

Anton Grigorievich Rubinstein was a towering figure in 19th-century Russian music. As a pianist, conductor, composer, and educator, he was one of the most internationally recognized Russian musicians of his time and the founder of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. A prolific composer, Rubinstein left behind over 200 works: fourteen operas, a ballet, six symphonies, four overtures, five piano concertos, two cello concertos, a violin concerto, numerous choral works, oratorios, cantatas, sonatas, and over a hundred songs and romances.

Though strongly influenced by German Romanticism, Rubinstein maintained a powerful connection to Russian musical traditions, themes, and imagery. He is widely credited with laying the foundation for the Russian piano concerto as a genre. In fact, his violin concerto was the first major example of the concerto form in Russian music. Rubinstein did not place opera or vocal music at the top of the musical hierarchy—he regarded instrumental music as the highest manifestation of musical art. …

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