A Life for the Tsar (Glinka, Mikhail)

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Original Version

Editor Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
Sergey Lyapunov (1859–1924)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1904]. Plate 30259.
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Soviet Version (Ivan Susanin)

19 more: Title, (partial) Contents, Orchestral Instruments • Overture • Act I Nos.1–3 • Act I No.4. Scena terzetto e Coro • Act II No.5. Polacca • Act II Nos.6a .. 6b • Act II No.7. Finale • Act III Nos.8 .. 11 • Act III No.12. Quartetto • Act III Nos.13 .. 15 • Act III No.16. Finale • Act IV No.17. Antract • Act IV Nos.18a .. 18b • Act IV No.19. Scena e Coro • Act IV Nos.20a .. 20b • Epilogue Nos.21 .. 23 • Appendix. Overture to an early edition • Appendix. Passo a due, Passo a tre • Appendix (remainder)

Editor Vladimir Protopopov (1908–2005)
Valerian Bogdanov-Berezovsky (1903–1971)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1965. Plate М. 31265, 31264, 31264a Г.
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Misc. Notes See Discussion for page index.
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Overture

Editor Lyudmila Shestakova (1816–1906)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate 15898.
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Publisher. Info. London: Eulenburg, No.638, n.d. Plate E.E. 3738.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A1485.
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Krakowiak (Act II, No.6)

Editor Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
Sergey Lyapunov (1859–1924)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1904]. Plate 30259. (extract)
Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1971-87). Catalog A5704.
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Waltz (Act II, No.7)

Editor Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
Sergey Lyapunov (1859–1924)
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Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1971-87). Catalog A5703.
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Overture

12 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (B♭, C), 3, 4 (G) • Trumpet 1, 2 (C) • Trombone 1, 2, 3 (alto, tenor bass clefs) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos I / II • Basses

Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate 15898.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Publisher. Info. Mainz: Schott, n.d.(ca.1860). Plate 15898.
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Misc. Notes Part of Cello 1/2 in Kalmus reprint above, but this is an original non-reprint.
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Polacca (Act II, No.5)

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Krakowiak (Act II, No.6)

12 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (G), 3, 4 (C) • Trumpet 1, 2 (C) • Trombone 1, 2, 3 • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1904. MPR
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Waltz (Act II, No.7)

12 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (A) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (A), 3, 4 (D) • Trumpet 1, 2 (E) • Trombone 1, 2, 3 • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1904. MPR
Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1971-87). Catalog A5703.
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Original Version

Language Russian / German
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Gutheil, n.d. Plate A. 2417 G.
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6 more: Title, Contents, Overture • Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV • Act V

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Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Possibly a reprint of the earlier vocal score issued by Stellovsky.
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Soviet Version (Ivan Susanin)

7 more: Overture • Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV • Epilogue • Appendix

Editor Vladimir Protopopov (1908–2005)
Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(1939). Plate М. 17183 Г.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano
Arranger Anonymous
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: F.T. Stellovsky, n.d. Plate 151.?.
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Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzika i Pienie, No.25, n.d.(ca.1910). Plate M. 25 П.
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Mazurka

For Piano (Henderson)
Arranger Archibald Martin Henderson (1879–1957)
Publisher. Info. Masterpieces of Russian Piano Music, 1th Series (pp.11-15)
London: Bayley & Ferguson, 1916. Plate B. 3098 F.
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Song of the Orphans

For Cello and Piano (Salter)
For 7-String Guitar (Sychra)
Arranger Andrei Sychra (1773–1850)
Editor Aleksey Afromeyev (1868–1920)
Publisher. Info. Tyumen: A. M. Afromeyev, 1909. Plate A. 252 A.
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Andante tranquillo and Allegro

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Arranger Harvey B. Gaul (1881–1945)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1913. Plate 24314.
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Polacca (Act II, No.5)

For 2 Guitars (Morkov)
Arranger Vladimir Morkov (1801–1864)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Gutheil, n.d. Plate A. 2939 G.
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Krakowiak (Act II, No.6)

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How Mother was Killed (Act III No.10)

For 2 Guitars (Morkov)
Arranger Vladimir Morkov (1801–1864)
Editor Aleksey Afromeyev (1868–1920)
Publisher. Info. Tyumen: A. M. Afromeyev, 1907. Plate A. 158a A.
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Epilogue

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Arranger Composer
Editor Sergey Vasilenko (1872–1956)
Aleksandr Ossovsky (1871–1957)
Publisher. Info. Полное собрание сочинений (Complete Collected Works), Vol.6
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1958. Plate M. 26944 Г.
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Work Title A Life for the Tsar
Alternative. Title Ivan Susanin
Name Translations Życie za cara; Une vie pour le tsar; Жизнь за царя; Կյանքը հանուն ցարի; Una vida por el Zar; [21 more...]Una vida pel tsar; Elämä tsaarin puolesta; Іван Сусанін; Una vita per lo Zar; Ein Leben für den Zaren; 皇帝に捧げた命; Livet för tsaren; Cuộc đời vì Nga hoàng; Ivan Sussanin; Iwan Soesanin; 為沙皇獻身; Живот за Царот; Bizia tsarraren alde; Livet for tsaren; Život za cara; Μια Ζωή για τον Τσάρο; Žiwjenje za carja; Ivan Szuszanyin; החיים למען הצאר; Живот за царя; 為沙皇献身
Name Aliases La Vie pour le Tsar; Ivan Soussanine; Иван Сусанин; Життя за царя; Iwan Sussanin; [17 more...]Schisn sa zarja; 皇帝に捧げし命; イワン・スサーニン; Iwan Susanin; 沙皇的一生; 为沙皇献身; 伊万·苏萨宁; 伊凡·苏萨宁; Una vita per lo Czar; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Life for the Czar; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Life for the Tsar; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Zhizn za tsaria; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Iwan Sussanin; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Leben fur den Zaren; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Ivan Susanin (Rozen); Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Vie pour le Tsar; Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1804-1857. Zizn za carja
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 273637161; LCCN: n80125009; GND: 300059981; BNF: 13943264g
Composer Glinka, Mikhail
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMG 23
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 acts, epilogue
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1836
First Performance. 1836-12-09 (27 November OS) in St. Petersburg, Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre [more...]
Osip Petrov (Ivan Susanin)
Mariya Stepanova (Antonida)
Anna Petrova-Vorobyova (Vanya)
Lev Leonov (Bogdan Sobinin)
Sergey Baykov (Polish commander)
I. Makarov (Polish courier)
Aleksey Yefremov (Russian commander)
Catterino Cavos (conductor)
First Publication. 1857, 1881 - St. Petersburg: F.T. Stellovsky [more...]
Vocal score (1857)
Full score (1881)
Librettist see below
Nestor Kukolnik (1809–1868)
Egor Rosen (1800–1860)
Vladimir Sollogub (1813–1882)
Vasily Zhukovsky (1783–1852)
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
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Cast
Ivan Susanin, a peasant of the village of Domnino (bass)
Antonida, his daughter (soprano)
Vanya, Susanin's adopted son (alto)
Bogdan Sobinin, a militiaman, Antonida's fiance (tenor)
Commander of the Polish Detachment (bass)
A Polish courier (tenor)
Commander of the Russian Detachment (bass)

Mixed Chorus

Peasant men and women, militiamen, Polish nobles and ladies, knights

Orchestra

2 flutes, 2 oboes (2nd also English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, ophicleide
timpani, bells, harp, strings

Off-stage Instruments

2 wind bands, clarinet, trumpet, drum, bells
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Extra Information After the 1917 Russian Revolution a new libretto was prepared by Sergey Gorodetsky (1884-1967), in which the name of the Tsar was replaced throughout. This Soviet version of the opera was renamed Ivan Susanin (which had in fact been Glinka's original working title for the opera, before it was premiered as A Life for the Tsar)