Petite suite (Borodin, Aleksandr)

		Movements/Sections 7 (or 8 with added Scherzo) Composition Year 1885 Genre Categories Suites; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For 2 pianos (arr); For 2 players; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For cello (arr); Scores featuring the cello

Scores

• Original Version (Piano) (4)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (12)

Original Version (Piano)

 Complete Score
*#136143 - 1.85MB, 21 (i, #3-22) pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 976x⇩

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Massenetique (13 October 2011)

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Cie., n.d.(ca.1888). Plates 1860—66.

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Public Domain [tag all]

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 Complete score
*#12565 - 1.50MB, 27 pages -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 2044x⇩

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Juufa72 (24 August 2007)

Publisher Info.:

Paris: Alphonse Leduc, n.d.(ca.1890), plate A. L. 8686

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Public Domain [tag all]

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).

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 Complete score
*#17153 - 1.68MB, 23 pages -  9.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/C/24 - 910x⇩

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Peter (29 May 2008)

Editor:

Walter Niemann (1876-1953)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: C.F. Peters No.4320, n.d.(1930). Plate 10800

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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag all]

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 Complete Score
*#71948 - 1.02MB, 23 (#3-25) pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V*/V*/V* - 772x⇩

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Guifré (20 July 2010)

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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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Glazunov)

 Piano 1 Part
*#198251 - 1.89MB, ? pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 44x⇩

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Icactus (4 April 2012)

 Piano 2 Part
*#198252 - 1.50MB, ? pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 31x⇩

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Icactus (4 April 2012)

Arranger:

Aleksandr Glazunov (1865-1936)

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. (ca.1905). Plate 5136

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Public Domain [tag all]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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For Piano 4 Hands (Chernov)

 Complete score
*#56591 - 2.54MB, 42 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 498x⇩

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Morel (19 February 2010)

 Color cover
*#56592 - 0.35MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 95x⇩

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Morel (19 February 2010)

Arranger:

Konstantin Chernov (1865–1937)

Editor:

Sergey Lyapunov (1859–1924)

Publisher Info.:

Petrograd: W. Bessel & Cie., n.d., plate W. 3653 B.

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Public Domain [tag all]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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No.5. Sérénade

For Cello (Viola) and String Quartet (String Orchestra)

 Piano Score
*#34356 - 0.24MB, 6 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 666x⇩

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Generoso (8 July 2009)

 Cello solo
*#34354 - 0.05MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 903x⇩

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Generoso (8 July 2009)

 Viola solo (alternate)
*#34355 - 0.05MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 306x⇩

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Generoso (8 July 2009)

 Violin 1
*#34357 - 0.04MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 426x⇩

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Generoso (8 July 2009)

 Violin 2
*#34358 - 0.04MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 271x⇩

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Generoso (8 July 2009)

 Viola
*#34359 - 0.05MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 256x⇩

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Generoso (8 July 2009)

 Cello
*#34360 - 0.05MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 293x⇩

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Generoso (8 July 2009)

 Bass
*#34361 - 0.04MB, 1 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 248x⇩

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Generoso (8 July 2009)

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d. (ca.1907). Plates 5561.(1)-(8).

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

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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Non-Commercial Recordings

2. Intermezzo

• Lyle Neff, pianist

3. Mazurka I

• Lyle Neff, pianist (YouTube video)

5. Sérénade

• Phillip Sear, pianist (YouTube video) - with No.6
• Lyle Neff, pianist

6. Nocturne

• Phillip Sear, pianist (YouTube video) - with No.5

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General Information

Work Title	Petite suite
Alternative Title

Composer	Borodin, Aleksandr
Movements/Sections	7 (or 8 with added Scherzo)
Year/Date of Composition	1885
First Publication	1885
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	piano

Contents

• 1. Au couvent
• 2. Intermezzo
• 3. Mazurka I
• 4. Mazurka II
• 5. Sérénade
• 6. Nocturne
• 7. Rêverie

Note:

• 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.)