The Snow Maiden (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)

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Version B

9 more: Prologue (conclusion) • Act I (beginning) • Act I (conclusion) • Act II (beginning) • Act II (conclusion) • Act III (beginning) • Act III (conclusion) • Act IV (beginning) • Act IV (conclusion)

Publisher Info. New York: London Records, 1957. XLLA-45.
Performers Belograde Opera (voices, chorus, orchestra)
Krešimir Baranović (conductor)
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Misc. Notes From archive.org
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Sheet Music

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Version B

5 more: Prologue • Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV

Language Russian / German
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., 1898. Plate 4800.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1980). Catalog A2331.
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Misc. Notes Original imprint and plate no. omitted from reprint. (Foliation = ii, 3-402)
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Parts

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28 more: Flute 2 • Flute 3/Piccolo • Oboe 1 • Oboe 2/English Horn • Clarinet 1 (A/B♭) • Clarinet 2/Bass Clarinet (A/B♭) • Bassoon 1 • Bassoon 2 • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Horn 3 (F) • Horn 4 (F) • Trumpet 1 (B♭) • Trumpet 2 (B♭) • Trombone 1 • Trombone 2 • Trombone 3 • Tuba • Timpani • Triangle/Tambourine/Glockenspiel • Cymbals/Bass Drum/Tam-Tam • Piano • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d.[1898]. MPR
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1980). Catalog A2331.
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Language Russian / French / English
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.
Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1980).
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Misc. Notes English text might be by Edward Agate. Reprint lacks any imprint information.
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Selections

Editor Concrete fish
Publisher. Info. Concrete fish
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Misc. Notes based on St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co. score
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Vocal Scores

Version B

Editor Pavel Lamm (1882-1951)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.[1898].
Reprinted Moscow: Muzgiz, 1949.
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Misc. Notes Edited reprint of the first edition.
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Language French / German
Translator Pauline Halperine (d.1934), Pierre Lalo (1866-1943), French text
August Bernhard (1852-1908), German text
Publisher. Info. Petrograd: Bessel, 1908. Plate 6400.
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Editor Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), Vol.31
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1953. Plate M. 23475 Г.
Reprinted Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.(ca.1968). Plate 4027.
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Language English / French
Translator Edward Agate (1880-1940), English text
Publisher. Info. Petrograd: W. Bessel & Co., 1921. Plate 6400.
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Language English/French
Translator Edward Agate (1880-1940) (English text)
Publisher. Info. Paris: Bessel, 1908. Plate 6400.
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Misc. Notes From uploader's collection. Author of French translation not identified.
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Editor Ernest Newman (1868-1959)
Language English
Translator Frederick Herman Martens (1874–1932)
Publisher. Info. Modern Russian Songs (pp.77-81)
Boston: Ditson, 1917. Plate 72160.
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Misc. Notes Low voice. Transposed from original F minor to E minor
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Version B

For Piano (Kazachenko)
Arranger Grigoriy Kazachenko (1858-1938)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., 1908. Plate 6440.
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Misc. Notes Stage directions and titles of numbers in Russian and French; sung text omitted
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[Third] Song of the Shepherd Lehl (Act III)

For Female Chorus and Piano (Engel)
Arranger Carl Engel (1883-1944), also translation
Language English
Publisher. Info. Boston: Boston Music Co., 1914. Plate B.M. Co. 4411.
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Farewell, Carnival!

For Mixed Chorus and Piano (Schindler)
Arranger Kurt Schindler (1882-1935)
Publisher. Info. New York: G. Schirmer, 1917. Plate 27613.
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General Information

Work Title The Snow Maiden
Alternative. Title Снегурочка ; Schneeflöckchen ; Jeune fille de neige
Name Translations Schneeflöckchen; Снегурочка; La doncella de nieve; La donzella de neu; Hópelyhecske; [11 more...]Sneguročka; Snégourotchka; Снігуронька (опера); A Donzela da Neve; Ձյունանուշիկը; 雪女郎-春天的童話; Snöflickan; Snegurotška; 雪娘 (オペラ); נערת השלג; Sněhurka
Name Aliases La noia de neu; Снегурочка (опера); 雪姑娘
Authorities Wikipedia; GND: 300130988
Composer Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. INR 70
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's prologue, 4 acts:
Version B
  • Prologue
Scene of Spring-Beauty and the Birds
Introduction
Recitative and Aria of Spring
Recitative
Song and Dance of the Birds
  • Act I
Introduction
Scene of Snowmaiden and Lel'
First Song of Lel'
Second Song of Lel'
Arietta of Snowmaiden
Scene and Arietta of Kupava
Wedding Rite
Scene of Kupava and Snowmaiden
Finale
  • Act II
Chorus. Song of the Blind Gusli-Players
Scene of the Tsar and Bermyata
Duet of the Tsar and Kupava
Public Proclamation
Solemn Procession of Tsar Berendey
Hymn of the Berendeyans
Cavatina of the Tsar [with scene and concluding chorus]
  • Act III
Scene in the Forest Reserve
Roundelay and Song of the Beaver
Cavatina of the Tsar
Dance of the Skomorokhi
Third Song of Lel'
Scene of Snowmaiden and Mizgir'
Arioso
Scene of Lel', Kupava, and Snowmaiden
Trio
  • Act IV
Introduction
Scene of Snowmaiden and Spring
Chorus of Flowers
Duet of Snowmaiden and Mizgir'
Finale
Concluding Chorus
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1880–81 A ; 1895 B
First Performance. 1882-02-10 A in St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre [more...]
Mikhail Vasilyev (Tsar Berendey)
Mikhail Koryakin (Bermyata)
Mariya Kamenskaya (Spring Beauty)
Fyodor Stravinsky (Frost)
Feodosiya Velinskaya (The Snow Maiden)
Vasily Vasilyev (Bobyl Bakula)
Olga Schröder (Bobylikha)
Anna Bichurina (Lel)
Mariya Makarova (Kupava)
Ippolit Pryanishnikov (Mizgir)
Pavel Dyuzhikov (First Herald)
Vladimir Mayboroda (Second Herald)
Vladimir Sobolev (Wood-Sprite)
Eduard Nápravník (conductor)
First Publication. 1881 A - St. Petersburg: V. Bessel
1898 B – St. Petersburg: V. Bessel.
  • Full score. Plate 4800.
Librettist Composer, after Aleksandr Ostrovsky (1823–1886)
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Cast
Tsar Berendey - Царь Берендей (tenor)
Bermyata - Бермята (bass)
Spring Beauty - Весна-Красна (mezzo-soprano)
Frost - Мороз (bass)
The Snow Maiden - Снегурочка (soprano)
Bobyl Bakula - Бобыль Бакула (tenor)
Bobylikha - Бобылиха (mezzo-soprano)
Lel - Лель (contralto)
Kupava - Купава (soprano)
Mizgir - Мизгирь (baritone)
First Herald - 1-ый бирюч (tenor)
Second Herald - 2-ой бирюч (bass)
Tsar's page - Царский отрок (mezzo-soprano)
Wood-Sprite - Леший (tenor)
Maslenitsa - Масленица (bass)

Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Orchestra

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets,
bass clarinet, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, cymbals, tam-tam, piano, harp, strings
Related Works The Snow Maiden (suite) - 1895 concert suite for orchestra
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