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Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia) (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich)

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This page relates to the overture-fantasia written by Tchaikovsky in 1869 and revised in 1870 and 1880. For the duet scene written later by Tchaikovsky for a projected opera, using themes from the overture-fantasia, see Romeo and Juliet (duet).


Contents

Music Files

Full Scores

1st version (1869)

Complete Score
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Editor:

Igor Fyodorovich Belza (1904–94)

Publisher Info.:

Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii. Vol.23
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1950. Plate M. 20556 Г.
Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. [ca.1970]. Kalmus Orchestral Series No.574

Copyright:

Public Domain

Misc. Notes:

Original title page and plate numbers omitted in reprint

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2nd version (1870)

Conclusion only
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Editor:

Igor Fyodorovich Belza (1904–94)

Publisher Info.:

Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii. Vol.23
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1950. Plate M. 20556 Г.
Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. [ca.1970]. Kalmus Orchestral Series No.575

Copyright:

Public Domain

Misc. Notes:

Original title page and plate numbers omitted in reprint
Bars 1-459 of the 2nd version (1880) are identical to the 3rd version (1880). This extract commences at bar 460.

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3rd version (1880)

Complete Score
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Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Edition Eulenburg No.675 (n.d.) Plate E.E. 3793.

Copyright:

Public Domain

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Complete Score [part 1]
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Complete Score [part 2]
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Editor:

Anatoly Drozdov (1883–1950)
Igor Fyodorovich Belza (1904–94)

Publisher Info.:

Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii. Vol.23
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1950. Plate M. 20556 Г.

Copyright:

Public Domain

Misc. Notes:

File mistakenly described as "2nd version"
Original title page and plate numbers omitted in reprint.

This "urtext" or "scholarly" (scientific) edition was published at least 25 years ago in the EU (or 20 years ago in Italy, before 1992 in the former USSR). Hence, the edition is public domain in its country of origin or a government publication. Such editions are also public domain in Canada because they fail to meet the minimum 'threshold of originality' to qualify for copyright as an 'adaptation'. It may not be public domain elsewhere, however. More information about this can be found here.
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Amazon:

Large score: US CA UK DE FR - Dover vol. (reprint)


Parts

3rd version (1880)

Oboe 2
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Clarinet 1 (A)
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Cellos
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Publisher Info.:

Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.(1881)

Copyright:

Public Domain

Misc. Notes:

3rd version (1880)


Arrangements and Transcriptions

3rd version (1880)

For 2 Pianos, 8 hands (Shefer)

Piano 1
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Piano 2
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Editor:

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Shefer (1866-1901), transcriber

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1898), plate 3960

Copyright:

Public Domain

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For 2 Pianos, 4 hands (Isida)

Complete Score
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Editor:

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Publisher Info.:

Tokyo: Isida Kazue Rockzaemon

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

Misc. Notes:

3rd version (1880)


For 2 Pianos, 4 hands (Klindworth)

Piano 1
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Piano 2
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Color cover
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Editor:

Karl Klindworth (1830–1916)

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Cie, n.d. (1896). Plate 3205.

Copyright:

Public Domain

Misc. Notes:

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For Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova)

Complete Score
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Editor:

Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)

Publisher Info.:

Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1881. Plate 10676.

Copyright:

Public Domain

Misc. Notes:

3rd version (1880)
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General Information

Work Title  Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia)
Alternative Title  Ромео и Джульетта (Romeo i Dzhulyetta)
Composer  Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich Genre  Symphonic Poem
Opus/Catalogue Number  TH 42 Librettist 
Number of Movements/Sections  1 Language 
Dedication  Mily Alekseyevich Balakirev (1837–1910) Piece Style  Romantic
Year/Date of Composition  1st version — 1869
2nd version — 1870
3rd version —1880 		Instrumentation  Piccolo; 2 Flutes; 2 Oboes; English Horn; 2 Clarinets (A); 2 Bassoons; 4 Horns (F); 2 Trumpets (E); 3 Trombones; Tuba; Timpani; Cymbals; Bass Drum; Harp; Violins I; Violins II; Violas; Cellos; Double Basses
Year of First Publication  1st version — 1950
2nd version — 1871
3rd version — 1880 		Discuss this piece


Misc. Comments

  • None Listed

Section Listing

1st version (1869)

  • Andante non troppo—Allegro giusto (448 bars), B minor

2nd version (1870)

  • Andante non tanto quasi Moderato—Allegro giusto (539 bars), B minor

3rd version (1880)

  • Andante non tanto quasi Moderato—Allegro giusto (522 bars), B minor

Publication History

Full Scores

1st version (1869)

  • Moscow; Leningrad: Muzgiz, 1950 (in vol. 23 of Polnoe sobranie sochinenii)

2nd version (1870)

  • Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1871. 201 pages. Plate 9325.

3rd version (1880)

  • Full score -- Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1881. 111 pages.

Arrangements and Transcriptions

2nd version (1870)

For Piano 2 hands (Bial)
  • Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1871. 21 pages.
For Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova)
  • Saint Petersburg: V. Bessel, 1872.
For Piano 4 hands (Klindworth)
  • Moscow: V. Bessel, 1872. 31 pages. Plate 242.

3rd version (1880)

For Piano 2 hands (Bial)
  • Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1881. 21 pages. Plate 11545.
reprinted -- Saint Petersburg; Moscow: V. Bessel, c.1881. 21 pages. Plate 770.
For Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova)
  • Bote & Bock, 1881. 37 pages. Plate 10676.

External Links

Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia) -- Tchaikovsky Research

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