The Snow Maiden, Op.12 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich)

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Editor:

Irina Nikolaevna Iordan (1910–77)

Publisher Info.:

Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii. Vol.14
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate M. 29924 Г.
Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. [ca.1970]. Kalmus Orchestral Series No.556

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Public Domain

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Original title page and plate numbers omitted in reprint
Includes footnotes in Russian (Cyrillic)

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General Information

Work Title The Snow Maiden
Alternative Title Снегурочка (Snegurochka)
Composer Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
Opus/Catalogue Number Op.12, TH 19
Number of Movements/Sections 19
Average Duration 54 minutes
Year/Date of Composition 1873
First Performance Moscow, Bol'shoi Theatre, 11/23 May 1873
Year of First Publication 1873
Librettist Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (1823–1886)
Language Russian
Genre Other (secular - SATB choir with accompaniment)
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Solo Voices, Chorus (SATB) + Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2 Clarinets (B♭, C, A), 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns (F), 2 Trumpets (F, D), 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Triangle, Tambourine, Side Drum, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Harp, Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses
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Misc. Comments

Written for Ostrovsky's musical drama of the same name, subtitled a 'legend of springtime'.

Cast

  • Lel' (Лель)— mezzo-soprano
  • Frost (Мороз) — tenor
  • Brusila (Брусила) — tenor

Section Listing

Prologue:

  • No.1. Introduction. Moderato assai (107 bars)
  • No.2. Dances and Chorus of Birds. Allegro giusto–Allegro moderato (419 bars)
  • No.3. Frost's Monologue. Moderato–Moderato quasi Allegro (61 bars)
  • No.4. Chorus of Farewell to Winter. Moderato (108 bars)
  • No.5a. Melodrama. Allegro vivo (86 bars)

Act I:

  • No.5b. Entr'acte. Moderato assai (24 bars)
  • No.6. Lel's First Song. Moderato (157 bars)
  • No.7. Lel's Second Song. Allegro (92 bars)

Act II:

  • No.8. Entr'acte. Andantino quasi Allegro (57 bars)
  • No.9. Chorus of Blind Gusli Players. Moderato (42 bars)
  • No.10. Melodrama. Andantino quasi Allegro (57 bars)
  • No.11. Chorus of People and Courtiers. Allegro moderato–Moderato (32 bars)

Act III:

  • No.12. Round Dance. Allegro moderato (56 bars)
  • No.13. Dance of the Tumblers. Allegro vivace (358 bars)
  • No.14. Lel's Third Song:
1st version — Moderato (G major, 53 bars)
2nd version — Moderato (B♭ major, 54 bars)
  • No.15. Brusila's Song:
1st version — Allegro (24 bars)
2nd version — Allegro (12 bars)
  • No.16. Appearance of the Wood Goblin and the Snow Maiden's Spirit. Allegro vivace (30 bars)

Act IV:

  • No.17a. Entr'acte. Andantino (39 bars)
  • No.17b. Spring's Monologue, Chorus and Dances. Andantino (47 bars)
  • No.18. Tsar Berendey's March and Chorus. Tempo di Marcia. Moderato (176 bars)
  • No.19. Finale. Allegro giusto (125 bars)

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