Petite suite (Borodin, Aleksandr)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 or 8 movements
Composition Year 1870-1885(?)
Genre Categories Suites; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr)

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#136143 - 1.85MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7650×⇩ - Massenetique

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Massenetique (2011/10/13)

Editor Second edition
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel et Cie., n.d.[1896]. Plate 1860–66.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Plates are still those of the 1885 first edition (as confirmed from Worldcat libraries). Second edition, published in 1896.
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 Complete Score
#12565 - 1.50MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4362×⇩ - Juufa72

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Juufa72 (2007/8/24)

 Complete Score
#235279 - 1.89MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1038×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2012/6/16)

 Color Cover
#235280 - 0.95MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 366×⇩ - Afp0815

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Afp0815 (2012/6/16)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Alphonse Leduc, n.d.[1891]. Plate A.L. 8686.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes This file closes with the Scherzo in A-flat.
Probably based on Bessel's 2nd edition (ca.1888); title font changed
(see Dover reprint in Nineteenth-Century European Piano Music: Unfamiliar Masterworks, 1977).
#235279: This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Publication noted in the Bibliographie de la France 2e série, 80e année, Nº 12, 21 Mars 1891, p.189, reg.1168.
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 Complete Score
#17153 - 1.68MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/24 - 2737×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2008/5/29)

Editor Walter Niemann (1876-1953)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.4320, n.d.(1930). Plate 10800.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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 Complete Score
#71948 - 1.02MB, 23 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 1998×⇩ - Guifré

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Guifré (2010/7/20)

Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d. (ca.1950).
Reprinted Russian Piano Music (Русская фортепианная музыка), vol.4
Moscow: Muzyka, 1988. Plate 13901.
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Selections

 1. Au couvent
#254567 - 0.41MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 516×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2012/10/15)

Editor Constantin von Sternberg (1852-1924)
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., n.d.(1920?). Plate 17020.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 3. Mazurka
#601608 - 0.73MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2019/12/16)

Publisher. Info. Album Musica, No.58
Paris: Pierre Lafitte, 1907.
Copyright
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 6. Serenada
#322038 - 0.37MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 356×⇩ - Emblyadell

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 7. Notturno
#322036 - 0.39MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 463×⇩ - Emblyadell

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Emblyadell (2014/4/16)

Editor Heinrich Germer (1837-1913)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Bosworth & Co., 1898. Plate B. & Co. 2384–2385.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For 2 Pianos (Glazunov)

 Piano 1
#198251 - 1.89MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 672×⇩ - Icactus

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Icactus (2012/4/4)

 Piano 2
#198252 - 1.50MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 347×⇩ - Icactus

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Icactus (2012/4/4)

Arranger Aleksandr Glazunov (1865-1936)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. (ca.1905). Plate 5136
Copyright
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For Piano 4 Hands (Chernov)

 Complete Score
#56591 - 2.54MB, 42 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1211×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/2/19)

 Color cover
#56592 - 0.35MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 199×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/2/19)

Arranger Konstantin Chernov (1865–1937)
Editor Sergey Lyapunov (1859–1924)
Publisher. Info. Petrograd: W. Bessel & Cie., n.d. Plate W. 3653 B.
Copyright
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Sérénade (No.5)

For Cello or Viola and Strings

 Condensed Score
#34356 - 0.24MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1544×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

⇒ 8 more: Condensed Score • Cello solo • Viola solo (alternate) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Condensed Score
#305437 - 0.19MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 194×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2013/12/2)

 Cello solo
#34354 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2164×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Viola solo (alternate)
#34355 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 790×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Violins I
#34357 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 924×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Violins II
#34358 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 586×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Violas
#34359 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 551×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Cellos
#34360 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 672×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Basses
#34361 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 511×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d. (ca.1907). Plates 5561.(1)-(8).
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Arranged for
(1) cello (or viola) with accompaniment of string quartet or string orchestra, and
(2) cello (or viola) with piano accompaniment.
Piano score serves as conductor's score in the event that string orchestra accompaniment is used. Bass part apparently is optional.
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Free Recordings

Mazurka I (No.3)
Sérénade (No.5)
Nocturne (No.6)

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General Information

Work Title Petite suite
Alternative. Title
Composer Borodin, Aleksandr
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IAB 5
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 (or 8 with added Scherzo)
  1. Au couvent. Andante religioso (C♯ minor)
  2. Intermezzo. Tempo di menuetto F major
  3. Mazurka. Allegro C major
  4. Mazurka. Allegretto D♭ major
  5. Rêverie. Andante D♭ major
  6. Sérénade. Allegretto D♭ major
  7. Nocturne. Andantino G♭ major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1870-1885(?)
First Publication. 1885
Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1885), p.360
Dedication Madame la Comtesse Louise de Mercy-Argenteau (from cover of 2nd edition)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information Some publications include the Scherzo in A-flat as the closing 8th piece of the piano set.
Glazunov's orchestration of the Suite from 1895 makes the 7th movement the Scherzo, with the Nocturne inserted inside it as a trio section.)

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A revised edition edited by Lyapunov was advertised in the 1910 HMB, published by Bessel (Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1910), p.40.)

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