Petite suite (Borodin, Aleksandr)

		Movements/Sections 7 (or 8 with added Scherzo) Au couvent Intermezzo Mazurka I Mazurka II Sérénade Nocturne Rêverie 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

Sheet Music

• Scores (7)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (12)

Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
*#136143 - 1.85MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 2603x⇩

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Massenetique (2011/10/13)

Editor:

Second edition

Publisher Info.:

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

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Complete score
*#12565 - 1.50MB, 27 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 2709x⇩

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Juufa72 (2007/8/24)

 Complete Score
*#235279 - 1.89MB, 29 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 258x⇩

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Afp0815 (2012/6/16)

 Color Cover
*#235280 - 0.95MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 80x⇩

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Afp0815 (2012/6/16)

Publisher Info.:

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

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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 pp. -  7.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - V/C/24 - 1317x⇩

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Peter (2008/5/29)

Editor:

Walter Niemann (1876-1953)

Publisher Info.:

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

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

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 Complete Score
*#71948 - 1.02MB, 23 (#3-25) pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V*/V*/V* - 1086x⇩

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Guifré (2010/7/20)

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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Selections

 1. Au couvent
*#254567 - 0.41MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 81x⇩

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Aldona Jones (2012/10/15)

Editor:

Constantin von Sternberg (1852-1924)

Publisher Info.:

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., n.d.; Plate 17020-3 [ca.1921?]

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For 2 Pianos 4 Hands (Glazunov)

 Piano 1 Part
*#198251 - 1.89MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 209x⇩

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Icactus (2012/4/4)

 Piano 2 Part
*#198252 - 1.50MB, ? pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 101x⇩

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Icactus (2012/4/4)

Arranger:

Aleksandr Glazunov (1865-1936)

Publisher Info.:

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

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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For Piano 4 Hands (Chernov)

 Complete score
*#56591 - 2.54MB, 42 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 705x⇩

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Morel (2010/2/19)

 Color cover
*#56592 - 0.35MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 116x⇩

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Morel (2010/2/19)

Arranger:

Konstantin Chernov (1865–1937)

Editor:

Sergey Lyapunov (1859–1924)

Publisher Info.:

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

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Sérénade (No.5)

For Cello or Viola and Strings

 Piano Score
*#34356 - 0.24MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/C - 950x⇩

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Cello solo
*#34354 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/C - 1324x⇩

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Viola solo (alternate)
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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Violin 1
*#34357 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/C - 587x⇩

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Violin 2
*#34358 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/C - 384x⇩

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Viola
*#34359 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/C - 351x⇩

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Cello
*#34360 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/C - 428x⇩

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

 Bass
*#34361 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/C - 330x⇩

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Generoso (2009/7/8)

Publisher Info.:

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

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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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Free Recordings

Mazurka I (No.3)

• Lyle Neff, pianist (YouTube)

Nocturne (No.6)

• Phillip Sear, pianist (YouTube)

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General Information

Work Title	Petite suite
Alternative Title

Composer	Borodin, Aleksandr
Movements/Sections	7 (or 8 with added Scherzo) Au couvent Intermezzo Mazurka I Mazurka II Sérénade Nocturne Rêverie
Year/Date of Composition	1885
First Publication	1885
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	piano

Misc. Comments

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.)