Romeo and Juliet (duet) (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

For the earlier overture-fantasia on the same subject, see Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia).

		Movements/Sections Andante non tanto quasi Moderato—Andante—Allegro giusto (277 bars) Composition Year 1878–81? (unfinished) ; completed by Sergey Taneyev, 1894 Genre Categories Duets; For 2 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; For 2 voices, orchestra (arr); For 2 voices, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the piano

Scores

• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Soprano, Tenor and Orchestra (Taneyev)

 Complete score
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Arranger:

Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915)

Editor:

Ivan Shishov (1888–1947)

Publisher Info.:

P.I. Tchaikovsky: Complete Collected Works, vol.62 (Полное собрание сочинений).
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1948. Plate M. 19604 Г.
Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. (ca.1970). Kalmus Orchestral Series No.589

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

Misc. Notes:

Original publisher info and plate numbers omitted in reprint
Text and footnotes in Russian (Cyrillic).

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For Soprano, Tenor and Piano (Taneyev)

 Complete score
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Arranger:

Sergey Taneyev (1856–1915)

Editor:

Ivan Shishov (1888–1947)

Publisher Info.:

P.I. Tchaikovsky: Complete Collected Works, vol.62 (Полное собрание сочинений).
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1948. Plate M. 19604 Г.
Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. (ca.1970). Kalmus Orchestral Series No.589

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

Misc. Notes:

Original publisher info and plate numbers omitted in reprint
Text and footnotes in Russian (Cyrillic).

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'. They may not be public domain elsewhere. More information about this can be found here.
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General Information

Work Title	Romeo and Juliet
Alternative Title	Ромео и Джульетта

Composer	Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue Number	TH 215
Movements/Sections	Andante non tanto quasi Moderato—Andante—Allegro giusto (277 bars)
Year/Date of Composition	1878–81? (unfinished) ; completed by Sergey Taneyev, 1894
First Performance	1894-10 - St. Petersburg: Julius Bleichmann (conductor)
First Publication	1895 - Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1895. Full score (ed. Sergey Taneyev), 51 pages. Plate 802-a
Librettist	Aleksandr Sokolovsky (1837–1915), after William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Language	Russian
Average Duration	13 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: Juliet (Джульетта) — soprano; Romeo (Ромео) — tenor Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (F) + harp, strings
Related Works	See also the earlier overture-fantasia, whose themes were used in the duet
External Links	Tchaikovsky Research
Extra Information	Tchaikovsky considered writing an opera on the subject of Romeo and Juliet between 1878 and 1881. Sketches for a duet scene, partly based on themes from the overture-fantasia, were found after the composer's death, and subsequently completed by Sergey Taneyev.