Sorochinsky Fair (Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich)
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Preliminaries, Introduction, and Act I
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Act II
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Act III
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Cesar Alexandrovich Cui (1835–1918), author of completion
Petrograd: Bessel, 1916. Plate 7465.
The comic opera Sorochyntsi Fair was begun by Mussorgsky in 1875 [sic], was composed slowly and in fragments, and after the composer's death in 1881 remained unfinished. Originally only five excerpts were published: the Introduction to the opera (adapted according to the preliminary draft by A. K. Lyadov), the Lad's Dumka (ed. by Lyadov), the Gopak, the Scene of Khivrya expecting Afanasiy Ivanovich, and Parasya's Dumka (the orchestral edition of all five numbers belongs to Lyadov). Mussorgsky's manuscripts nevertheless still afforded a substantial quantity of musical material, namely, the "scene of the fair" which begins the opera and the first half of the second act. This material was adapted by V. G. Karatygin, supplemented and orchestrated by C. A. Cui. Nevertheless the remainder, in particular the scene of Cherevik and Khivrya and the scene of the Lad and the Gypsy in Act I, 2nd half, and all of the third [act], with the exception of Parasya's Dumka and the Gopak, is added and orchestrated by C. A. Cui, and consequently Mussorgsky's posthumous labor is completed. — translation of publisher's foreword Wikipedia article
Piano selections
Mussorgsky's original piano versions of extracts from the opera, which were subsequently edited and orchestrated by others.
1. Fair Scene
2. Gopak (early version)
3. Gopak (later version)
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Pavel Alexandrovich Lamm (1882–1951)
Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d. (1934). Plate М. 16612 Г.
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Gopak (later version)
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Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d. (ca.1980). Plate 13901
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Gopak
For Violin with Piano (Rachmaninoff)
Complete score [TB]
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943), transcriber
New York: Charles Foley, 1926. Plate 27082-8.
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Piano solo (Thümer)
Gopak, complete score
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Otto Thümer (1848-1917)
Mainz: Schott, n.d., plate 07028
Piano solo (Rachmaninoff)
Concert transcription [TB]
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943), transcriber
New York: Charles Foley, 1924. Plate 23051
Reissue — New York: Belwin Mills, 1974. Plate EL 2408.
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Concert transcription [TB]
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874-1943), transcriber
Moscow: Muzika, 1971
From the collection: Fortepiannye Transkriptsii, 93 pages.
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General Information
| Work Title | Sorochinsky Fair |
|---|---|
| Alternative Title | Сорочинская ярмарка = Fair at Sorochintsy |
| Composer | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich |
|---|---|
| Number of Movements/Sections | 3 acts, 4 tableaux |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1874–1880 |
| Year of First Publication | 1916 (Cui's complete version) |
| Librettist | Musorgsky and others, from story by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852) |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Opera |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | voices with orchestra |
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Misc. Comments
The Ukrainian town of town of Sorochyntsi was Nikolay Gogol's birthplace, but was known to Mussorgsky by its Russian name of Sorochinsk.
Publication History
- Saint Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., 1916, ed. by Cesar Cui. (Perf. Oct. 13/26 1917.)
- Paris, 1924, ed. by N. Tcherepnin. (Perf. March 27, 1923.)
- Moscow, ed. by Shebalin. (Perf. Jan. 12, 1932.)
Musorgsky arranged the Fair Scene and Hopak for solo piano.
