4 Choruses, Op.23 (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 choruses
  1. The Peasant Feast [Крестьянская пирушка]
  2. Raven Flies to Raven [Ворон к ворону летит]
  3. Enslaved by the Rose the Nightingale [Пленившись розой соловей]
  4. Pass the Goblets [Дайте бокалы]
Composition Year 1876
Genre Categories Secular choruses; Choruses; For male chorus; [3 more...]Scores featuring male chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; English language

Sheet Music

Scores

Language English
Publisher. Info. New York: P.L. Jung, 1897. Plate P.L.J. 433.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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General Information

Work Title 4 Choruses
Alternative. Title 4 3-part choruses for unaccompanied men's voices
Composer Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.23
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. INR 8
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 choruses
  1. The Peasant Feast [Крестьянская пирушка]
  2. Raven Flies to Raven [Ворон к ворону летит]
  3. Enslaved by the Rose the Nightingale [Пленившись розой соловей]
  4. Pass the Goblets [Дайте бокалы]
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1876
First Publication. 1876 – Büttner
Librettist see below:
  1. Aleksey Koltsov
  2. Aleksandr Pushkin
  3. Koltsov
  4. Koltsov
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation mixed chorus (TTBB)

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Seaman describes this work in detail , Nikolay Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov: A Research and Information Guide p.32-33: the first and third choruses were entered in a competition, and the third received an honorable mention. Date of composition and publication are there given as 1876.

Vorony (Raven flies to Raven) was also used as a song text by Nikolay Medtner (Op.52 No.2, 1929.)

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