Mlada (Various)

This work is a collaborative opera-ballet by César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Aleksandr Borodin and Ludwig Minkus. For the later opera-ballet of the same name by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov alone, see Mlada (opera-ballet).

		Movements/Sections 4 acts [unfinished] Composition Year 1872 Genre Categories Opera-ballets; Stage Works; Ballets; Operas; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; For orchestra (arr); For orchestra; For piano (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the piano

Scores

• Vocal Scores (6)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (3)

Vocal Scores

Act I (Cui)

 Title page and preliminaries
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 Part 1 of 4
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 Part 2 of 4
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 Part 3 of 4
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 Part 4 of 4
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Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1911. Plate 2905.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

Misc. Notes:

Missing from this edition of Act I are a terzetto (which was re-used by Cui in the revision of his first opera Prisoner of the Caucasus) and the ballet music by Minkus.

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Act II (Mussorgsky)

 Market Scene and March of Princes and Priests
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Editor:

Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)

Language:

Russian ; German

Translator:

Dmitry Usov (1896–1944), German text

Publisher Info.:

M.P. Mussorgsky: Complete Collected Works, vol.IV, series 3 (Полное собрание сочинений)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1932. Plate M. Г.

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. (vol. VII)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

Misc. Notes:

Includes editorial introduction and title pages
Original plate number. and publisher omitted in reprint.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections (Act IV)

For Orchestra (Rimsky-Korsakov)

 Act IV, Nos.5 to 7
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Arranger:

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), after Aleksandr Borodin

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, n.d.(1892). Plate 439.

Reprinted:

Frankfurt: M.P. Belaieff, 1972 (with fraudulent 1972 copyright notice)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

Misc. Notes:

Adapted by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov from 3 of the 8 numbers written for Act IV by Aleksandr Borodin.

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For Piano Solo (Reinbold)

 Roundelay
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 Quadrille
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Arranger:

Hermann Reinbold

Publisher Info.:

Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d.(ca. 1890). Plate 2038, 2075.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

Misc. Notes:

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General Information

Work Title	Mlada
Alternative Title	Млада

Composer	Various
Movements/Sections	4 acts [unfinished]
Year/Date of Composition	1872
First Publication	1892 – Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff. Act IV, extracts arranged for orchestra (Aleksandr Borodin arr. Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov) 1911 – Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff. Act I, vocal score (César Cui). 1932 – Moscow: Muzgiz. Extracts from Act II and III, vocal score (Modest Mussorgsky) (in vols.4, 7 and 8 of Modest Mussorgsky: Complete Collected Works).
Librettist	Viktor Krylov (1838–1908)
Language	Russian
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: solo voices + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, percussion + harp, strings
Related Works	Most of the music was recycled into other works by its composers: Aleksandr Borodin – Prince Igor César Cui – Prisoner of the Caucasus Modest Mussorgsky – Sorochinsky Fair and The Capture of Kars Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov – in his own opera-ballet Mlada, and in String Quartet in F major, Op.12; May Night; and The Snow Maiden
External Links	Wikipedia article
Extra Information	This collaborative opera-ballet was composed by César Cui (Act I), Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (Acts II and III), and Aleksandr Borodin (Acts IV), with additional ballet music by Ludwig Minkus. However, it was never staged, and only fragments of the original score have survived.

Misc. Comments

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