The Golden Cockerel (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)

For the concert suite from this work, see The Golden Cockerel (suite).

		Movements/Sections Prologue, 3 acts, Epilogue Composition Year 1906–07 Genre Categories Operas; Stage Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Russian language; For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the piano

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (7)
• Vocal Scores (14)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Full Scores

Complete

 Title Page - Preface - Orchestration
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 Introduction
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 Act I
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 Act II
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 Act III
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Editor:

First edition (reprint)

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1908]. Plate 32402.

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933).

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Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]

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Overture

 Complete Score
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 Color cover
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First edition

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1908]. Plate 32402.

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Vocal Scores

 Complete score
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 Color cover
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 Act I
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 Act II
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 Act III
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Carolus (2009/10/12)

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First edition (later issue)

Language:

Russian / French

Translator:

Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877-1944), French text

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1908]. Plates 32404, 32406 and 32408.

Reprinted:

Leipzig: Robert Forberg, n.d.(after 1920) - [#41405]

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 Complete Score
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 Color cover
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Editor:

First edition (reprint)

Language:

Russian / French

Translator:

Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877-1944), French text

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1908]. Plates 32404, 32406 and 32408.

Reprinted:

New York: G. Schirmer, n.d.[1930]. Plate 30770.

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 Preliminaries - Act I
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 Act II
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 Act III
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Language:

Russian / French

Translator:

Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877-1944), French text

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1908]. Plates 32404, 32406 and 32408.

Reprinted:

Moscow: Editions Musicales de l'URSS, 1937. Plate 2851.

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 Complete Score
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 Complete Score
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 Color cover
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Language:

German / English

Translator:

Heinrich Möller (1876-1958), German text
Edward Agate (1880-1940), English text

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1908]. Plate 32405ª.

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Bad Godesburg: Robert Forberg / Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.

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 Complete Score
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Carolus (2008/8/29)

Editor:

Anatoly Dmitriyev (1908–1978)

Language:

Russian

Publisher Info.:

N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov: Complete Collected Works, vol.43 (Полное собрание сочинений).
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1951. Plate M. 21512 Г.

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Moscow: Muzyka, 1977. Plate 9526.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Orchestral Suite

See: The Golden Cockerel (suite) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)

Hymn to the Sun

For Violin and Piano (Kreisler)

 Complete Score
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 Violin part
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Arranger:

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)

Publisher Info.:

New York: Carl Fischer, 1919. Plate 21583.

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General Information

Work Title	The Golden Cockerel
Alternative Title	Золотой петушок ; Le coq d'or

Composer	Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
Movements/Sections	Prologue, 3 acts, Epilogue
Year/Date of Composition	1906–07
First Performance	1909-10-07 – Moscow, Solodovnikov Theatre: Nikolay Speransky (Dodon), Fyodor Ernst (Gvidon), Andrey Dikov (Afron), Kapiton Zaporozhets (Polkan), Aleksandra Rostovtseva (Amelfa), Vladimir Pikok (Astrologer), Avreliya-Tsetsiliya Dobrovolskaya (Shemakhan Tsaritsa), Vera Klopotovskaya (Golden Cockerel), Emil Cooper (conductor)
First Publication	1908 – Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Full score, 366 pages. Plate 32402 1908 – Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Vocal score, 206 pages. Plates 32404 to 324082.
Librettist	Vladimir Belsky (1866–1946), after Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
Language	Russian
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: Tsar Dodon (Царь Додон) (bass) ; Tsarevich Gvidon (Царевич Гвидон) (tenor) ; Tsarevich Afron (Царевич Афрон) (baritone) ; Воевода Полкан (General Polkan) (bass) ; Amelfa (Амелфа) (contralto) ; Astrologer (Звездочёт) (tenor-altino) ; Shemakhan Tsaritsa (Шемаханская царица) (soprano) ; Golden Cockerel (Золотой петушок) (soprano) + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: 3 flutes/2 piccolos, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in A, B♭), bass clarinet (in A, B♭), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon + 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (in C), contralto trumpet (in F), 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, triangle, snare drum, tambourine, glockenspiel, cymbals, bass drum, xylophone + celesta + 2 harps, strings
Related Works	See also the suite from the opera, compiled by others after the composer's death.
External Links	Wikipedia article