Prisoner of the Caucasus (Cui, César Antonovich)
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Circassian Dances (Act III, No.18)
No.18. Title page
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No.18a. Women's Dance
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No.18b. Men's Dance (Lezginka)
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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.[ca.1883]. Plates 1481a-1481b.
Piano-vocal scores
Russian (1882 version)
Title page and preliminaries
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Overture, arr. for piano 4-hands
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Act I, No.1: Eastern Prayer
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Act I, No. 2: Duet of Fatima and Her Father
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Act I, No. 3: Aria of Fatima
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Act I, No. 4: Chorus of Circassians Returning from a Raid
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Act I, No. 5: Quartet
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Act I, No. 6: Aria of the Prisoner
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Act I, No. 7: Duet of Fatima and the Prisoner
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Act I, No. 8: Finale I (aria of Kazenbek with chorus)
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Nadezhda Nikolaevna Purgold (1848–1919), arranger of overture
St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.[ca.1883]. Plates 122, 1459–1461a,б; 1463-1465
Balakirev reorchestrated the overture in 1861.
Act II, No.9: Introduction and Women's Little Chorus
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Act II, No.10: Recitative Scene and Arioso of Mariam
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Act II, No.11: Duet of Fekherdin and Kazenbek
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Act II, No.12: Duettino of Fatima and Mariam, Little Chorus of Abubeker's Friends
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Act II, No 13: Aria of Abubeker
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Act II, No.14: Duettino of Abubeker and Fatima
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Act II, No 15: Chorus (with gifts)
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Act II, No.16: Finale II (sextet with chorus)
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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.[ca.1883]. Plates 1465a-1473a.
Plate numbers employed:
1465a, 1466, 1466a, 1467, 1467a, 1468, 1468a, 1469, 1469a, 1470, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1473a
Act III, No.17: Festive Chorus
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Act III, No.18: Dances [Recitative]
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Act III, No.18a: [Women's Dance], arr. piano 4-hands
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Act III, No.18b: [Men's Dance], arr. piano 4-hands
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Act III, No.19: Circassian Song
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Act III, No.20: Recitative Scene, Duet of Abubeker and Fatima
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Act III, No.21: Cavatina of the Prisoner
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Act III, No.22: Duet of the Prisoner and Fatima
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Act III, No.23: Finale
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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.[ca.1883]. Plates 1474-1480a.
Plate numbers employed:
1474, 1474a, 1475, 1476, 1476a, 1477, 1477a, 1478, 1479, 1480, 1480a
French (1885 version)
Preliminaries and Overture
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Act I
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Act II
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Act III
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French translation by a certain Mr. Guthals (or Goethals?)
St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., 1885. Plate 595 (Overture, Dances)
Translator not cited on the score, but is identified as Гутгальс in a letter from Borodin to his wife (E.S. Borodina), December 25, 1885, in Письма А.П. Бородина [Letters of A. P. Borodin] (Moscow: Gos. muz. izd.-vo, 1928-1950), t. 4, p. 169.
Censor's date at end.
Overture and dances arranged for piano solo (see 1882 Russian ed. for piano 4-hand arrangements).
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Arrangements and Transcriptions (absent complete scores)
Overture
For Piano 4 hands (Purgold)
Complete score
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Nadezhda Nikolaevna Purgold (1848–1919), transcriber
St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.[ca.1870]. Plate 122
Balakirev reorchestrated the overture in 1861.
N.N. (Nadezhda Nikolaevna) Purgold, the arranger of this piano 4-hand transcription, became the wife of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov. Given the plate number and the use of her maiden name in this publication, this arrangement had to have been published originally much earlier than the complete opera, but was nevertheless included in the first piano-vocal score. (Carolus: She married R-K in July 1872; this publication might be from 1870 or even earlier. To date this is IMSLP's earliest Bessel title.)
For piano solo (Diutsch)
Title page and preliminaries (alternate scan, single pages)
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Overture, arranged for piano solo
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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., 1885. Plates 1842, 595
Extracted from the 1885 French edition of the vocal score (see above)
The 1842 plate number is on the first page of the Overture only, all later pages are 595.
Circassian Dances (Act III, No.18)
Piano solo (Diutsch)
Title page
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No. 18b. [Men's] Dance
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Georgii Ottonovich Diutsch (1857–1891), transcriber
St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., 1885. Plate 595.
This piano-solo score follows the music of the original Russian edition of 1882 rather than the later French ed. or the 2nd Russian ed. The sung text is not included in this piano-solo score. Like the piano 4-hand arrangement of the first Russian edition, there is no cut (before the 3/4 coda) in this version of the [Men's] Dance.
No. 18a. [Women's Dance]
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No. 18b. [Men's Dance]
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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., 1885. Plate 595.
Arrangement for piano solo; extracted from the 1885 French edition of the vocal score (see above). A portion of the Men's Dance (before the 3/4 coda) is cut in this edition and in the full score; see the piano 4-hand arrangement from the 1st Russian ed. and the piano-solo arrangement.
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General Information
| Work Title | Кавказский пленник |
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| Alternative Title | Le prisonnier du Caucase |
| Composer | Cui, César Antonovich |
|---|---|
| Opus/Catalogue Number | N/A |
| Number of Movements/Sections | 24, including overture |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1857-8; 1881-2; 1885 |
| Year of First Publication | 1882 (St. Petersburg: Bessel) |
| Librettist | Viktor Aleksandrovich Krylov (1838-1906, not credited on score) |
| Language | Russian; also French translation in 1885 |
| Genre | Opera |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | voices with orchestra |
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Misc. Comments
The original version of this opera, from 1857-1858, was in two acts and did not get past rehearsals. The 2nd version of 1881-1882 gained a new middle (2nd) act and the Women's Dance of Act 3 and was published in Russian, with a premiere in 1883. For the 1886 Western premiere in Liege, Belgium, Cui added further music to the beginning of the finale of the 2nd act, thus engendering in 1885 the French edition and a 2nd Russian edition.
This opera was published in 3 piano-vocal scores (the 2 Russian editions and the one French edition), a piano-solo score, and at least one full score. The overture, dances, and Circassian Song were published separately in full score as well.
Contents
Overture
Act I
- No. 1. Eastern prayer (men's chorus)
- No. 2. Duet of Fatima and Her Father
- No. 3. Aria of Fatima
- No. 4. Chorus of Circassians Returning from a Raid
- No. 5. Quartet
- No. 6. Aria of the Prisoner
- No. 7. Duet of Fatima and the Prisoner
- No. 8. Finale (aria of Kazenbek with chorus)
Act II
- No. 9. Introduction and Women's Little Chorus
- No. 10. Recitative Scene and Arioso of Mariam
- No. 11. Duet of Fekherdin and Kazenbek
- No. 12. Duettino of Fatima and Mariam, and Little Chorus of Abubeker's Friends
- No. 13. Aria of Abubeker
- No. 14. Duettino of Abubeker and Fatima
- No. 15. Chorus (with gifts)
- No. 16. Finale (sextet with chorus)
Act III
- No. 17. Festive Chorus
- No. 18. Dances
- Recitative
- 18a. [Women's Dance]
- 18b. [Men's Dance]
- No. 19. Circassian Song
- No. 20. Recitative Scene and Duet of Abubeker and Fatima
- No. 21. Cavatina of the Prisoner
- No. 22. Duet of the Prisoner and Fatima
- No. 23. Finale
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