A Life for the Tsar (Glinka, Mikhail)

		Movements/Sections 4 acts and Epilogue Composition Year ca.1836 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Russian language; For piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano; For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello; For 2 players; For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (19)
• Parts (13)
• Vocal Scores (16)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (4)

Full Scores

Soviet Version ("Ivan Susanin")

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

Vladimir Protopopov (1908–)
Valerian Bogdanov-Berezovsky (1903–1971)

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: Muzgiz, 1965. Plate М. 31265 Г. / М. 31264 Г. / М. 31264a Г.

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Parts

Overture

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

St. Petersburg: F.T. Stellovsky (?), n.d.

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933).

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Vocal Scores

Original Version

 Complete Score
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Language:

Russian / German

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: Gutheil, n.d. Plate A. 2417 G.

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 Complete Score
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 Title, Contents, Overture
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 Act I
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 Act II
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 Act III
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 Act IV
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 Act V
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Carolus (2008/7/27)

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Russian / German

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Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.

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Possibly a reprint of the earlier vocal score issued by F. T. Stellovsky.

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Soviet Version ("Ivan Susanin")

 Title and Contents
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 Overture
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 Act I
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 Act II
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 Act III
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 Act IV
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 Epilogue
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 Appendix
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Editor:

Vladimir Protopopov (1908–)

Language:

Russian

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: Muzgiz, (1939). Plate М. 17183 Г.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano solo

 Complete Score
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Carolus (2008/7/27)

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Moscow: Muzika i Pienie, No.25, n.d.(ca.1910). Plate M. 25 P.

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Song of the Orphans

For Cello and Piano (Salter)

 Piano score
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Generoso (2010/6/1)

 Cello part
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Generoso (2010/6/1)

Arranger:

Norbert Salter (d.1935)

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1896. Plate V.A. 1572.

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Andante tranquillo and Allegro

For Organ (Gaul)

 Complete Score
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Coulonnus (2012/11/1)

Arranger:

Harvey B. Gaul (1881-1945)

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New York: G. Schirmer, 1913. Plate 24314.

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General Information

Work Title	A Life for the Tsar
Alternative Title	Ivan Susanin

Composer	Glinka, Mikhail
Movements/Sections	4 acts and Epilogue
Year/Date of Composition	ca.1836
Librettist	Nestor Kukolnik, Yegor Rozen, Vladimir Sollogub and Vasily Zhukovsky
Language	Russian
Piece Style	Romantic
External Links	Wikipedia article
Extra Information	After the 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, before it was premiered as A Life for the Tsar)