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Sheet Music
Vocal Scores
German
⇒ 4 more: Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV
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A. Rubinstein, piano-reduction
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| Publisher. Info.
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Leipzig: Bartholf Senff, n.d. Plate 1493–1495, 1633, 1639, 1642, 1787, 1790.
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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"New edition".
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Russian
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Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.
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General Information
| Work Title
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Дети степей, или Украинские цыгане
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| Alternative. Title
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Children of the Steppes, or the Ukrainian Gypsies
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| Name Translations
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The children of the steppes; I bambini della steppa
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| Authorities
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Wikipedia
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| Composer
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Rubinstein, Anton
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IAR 35
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 acts
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1860
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| First Publication.
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1861 (Leipzig)
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| Librettist
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Salomon Hermann Mosenthal (1821–1877) after C. Beck's verse novel "Janko, the Hungarian Herdsman"
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| Language
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German; Russian singing translation by Apollon Grigoryev (1822–1864)
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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voices, chorus, with orchestra
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| External Links
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RISM 452502773 (1861 ms copy of full score. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.)
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This opera was premiered 23 February 1861 in Vienna at the Kärtnertor Theater. The Russian version was first performed in Moscow on 10 February 1867. Jurgenson published a piano-vocal score in 1887.
