The Snow Bogatyr (Cui, César)
Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
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Sheet Music
Vocal Scores
Russian
Title page(s) and preliminaries
*#15524 - 0.47MB, 2 pp. - (0) - V/V/V - 153x⇩
Introduction
*#15525 - 1.00MB, 5 pp. - (0) - V/V/V - 162x⇩
Publisher Info.:
Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1906. Plates 31045–31047.
Copyright:
Misc. Notes:
Original vocal score (see "Comments", below).
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- Piano solo from piano-vocal score (Lyle Neff, pianist)
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General Information
| Work Title | The Snow Bogatyr |
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| Alternative Title | The Snow Hero ; The Snow Knight ; Снежный богатырь |
| Composer | Cui, César |
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| Movements/Sections | 1 act (Introduction and 2 tableaux) |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1905 |
| First Performance | Yalta, 27 May 1906 |
| First Publication | 1906 (vocal score only) |
| Librettist | Marina Stanislavovna Pol' ("М. П." on the printed score) |
| Language | Russian |
| Dedication | To Marina Stanislavovna Pol' |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Voices, children's chorus, orchestra |
Misc. Comments
This is an opera in one act (2 tableaux) for children. Only the piano-vocal score was published (Moscow: Jurgenson, 1906. Plates 31045–31048).
In his letters Cui mentions that the introduction was orchestrated.
A Soviet edition, with a new libretto by D. Sodykh, was issued by Muzgiz in 1953 under the title Иван-богатырь (Ivan the Bogatyr).
External Links
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