Performances
Sheet Music
Scores
| Language
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English
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| Publisher. Info.
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New York: P.L. Jung, 1897. Plate P.L.J. 433.
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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General Information
| Work Title
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4 Choruses
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| Alternative. Title
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4 3-part choruses for unaccompanied men's voices
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| Composer
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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.23
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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INR 8
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 choruses
- The Peasant Feast [Крестьянская пирушка]
- Raven Flies to Raven [Ворон к ворону летит]
- Enslaved by the Rose the Nightingale [Пленившись розой соловей]
- Pass the Goblets [Дайте бокалы]
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1876
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| First Publication.
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1876 – Büttner
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| Librettist
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see below:
- Aleksey Koltsov
- Aleksandr Pushkin
- Koltsov
- Koltsov
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| Language
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Russian
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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mixed chorus (TTBB)
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Navigation etc.
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.)
