Memorial Cantata, Op.65 (Glazunov, Aleksandr)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	5
Composition Year	1899, St. Petersburg
Genre Categories	Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 2 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the mezzo-soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; Russian language

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Engraver	Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Translator	Paul England, English text
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, (1899). Plate 2081.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Work Title	Memorial Cantata
Alternative. Title	Solemn cantata in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of A.S. Pushkin
Composer	Glazunov, Aleksandr
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.65
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IAG 40
Key	C major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	5 We are a crowded crowd ... (choral, Allegro, C major) This quiet cradle ... (berceuse, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra in E major) The infant years have passed ... (for mezzo and choir, two sections, in E-flat and in G minor) From the worries of the earth sad ... (aria for tenor, choir and orchestra. Andante in A-flat) Forever, glorious without comparison ... (Moderato assai in F, ending C. For mezzo, tenor, chorus and orchestra.)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1899, St. Petersburg
First Performance.	1899
Librettist	Konstantin Romanov (1858-1915)
Language	Russian
Dedication	Aleksandr Pushkin?
Average DurationAvg. Duration	15 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Mezzo, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra
External Links	Wikipedia article (Russian)

Has been recorded (in 2002) in its original (orchestrated) form with the 8th symphony on Chandos. Description thanks to Wikipedia.