The Tale of Tsar Saltan (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)
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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)
For Piano solo (Rachmaninoff)
MIDI Performance [TB]
*#190722 - 0.01MB - ? - (4) - - !N/27/14
Synthesized MIDI
Jürgen Knuth
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Sheet Music
Full Scores
Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)
Complete Score
*#99876 - 0.16MB, 23 pp. - (22) - !N/!N/!N - 16197x⇩
PDF typeset by alan850627
alan850627 (2011/4/24)
Alan Chen
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"Revised edition"
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Vocal Scores
Complete
Preliminaries
*#21080 - 1.23MB, 6 (#1-3) pp. - (9) - V/V/C - 1152x⇩
Introduction to Act I
*#21082 - 1.75MB, 7 (#32-38) pp. - (0) - V/V/17 - 599x⇩
Introduction to Act II
*#21141 - 1.38MB, 7 (#103-109) pp. - (0) - V/V/17 - 458x⇩
Act III, Scene 1
*#21143 - 2.91MB, 13 (#150-162) pp. - (0) - V/V/17 - 2195x⇩
Act III, Scene 2
*#21144 - 7.93MB, 38 (#163-200) pp. - (0) - V/V/17 - 732x⇩
Act IV, Scene 1
*#21145 - 4.31MB, 26 (#201-226) pp. - (0) - V/V/17 - 554x⇩
Introduction to Last Scene
*#21146 - 1.79MB, 10 (#227-236) pp. - (0) - V/V/17 - 465x⇩
Act IV, Scene 2 (with outside back cover)
*#21147 - 6.34MB, 46 (#237-281) pp. - (0) - V/V/17 - 504x⇩
Russian / German
St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. (1901). Plate 4849.
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Censor's date 13 July 1900, 1910 copyright claim.
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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)
For Voice and Piano (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Complete Score
*#29126 - 1.00MB, 4 pp. - (0) - V/V/V - 4249x⇩
St. Petersburg: Bessel, n.d. (1901). Plate 4849.
Excerpted from Act III, Scene 1, of the original piano-vocal score.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Introduction (Act II)
For Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova)
Complete Score
*#90029 - 0.98MB, 18 pp. - (2) - V/V/V - 2759x⇩
PDF scanned by Sibley Library
Carolus (2011/1/13)
Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848-1919) - not credited
St. Peterburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1901). Plate 4868.
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Flight of the Bumblebee (Act III)
For 2 Flutes (Maravillas)
Complete score
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Maravillas (2013/2/4)
Maravillas
Maravillas
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For Oboe and Piano (Siguir)
Complete Score and Part
*#90676 - 0.47MB, 6 pp. - (3) - C/C/C - 6772x⇩
Paul Siguir
Paris: W. Bessel, n.d.(ca.1929). Plate W. 8407 B.
Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. (ca.2000). Catalog 8599.
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For Piano solo (Rachmaninoff)
Complete Score [TB]
*#06213 - 0.23MB, 6 pp. - (6) - V/27/14
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
New York: Carl Fischer, 1931. Plate P.1923.
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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Complete Score [TB]
*#12084 - 0.24MB, 5 (#77-81) pp. - (3) - V/27/14
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
Moscow: Muzyka, n.d. (ca.1960).
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
This file is from the MIT archive project.
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Complete Score [TB]
*#00896 - 0.13MB, 4 pp. - (4) - V/27/14
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
Izbrannie pesy dlia fortepiano
Moscow: Muzyka, 1970.
Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
The "Op.15 No.2" is for a song transcription. Low resolution!
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Complete Score [TB]
*#39254 - 0.25MB, 7 pp. - (2) - !N/27/14
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Kevin W. K. Yeung (2009/9/13)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
Kevin W. K. Yeung
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Complete Score [TB]
*#190720 - 1.31MB, 4 pp. - (1) - !N/27/14
Engraving files (Capella) [TB]
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
Altena: Jürgen Knuth
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The Three Wonders (Act IV)
For Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova)
Complete Score
*#90026 - 1.16MB, 18 pp. - (0) - V/V/V - 1641x⇩
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Carolus (2011/1/12)
Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848-1919) - not credited
St. Peterburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1901). Plate 4849.
Introduction to Act IV, Scene 2, of the opera
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General Information
| Work Title | The Tale of Tsar Saltan |
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| Alternative Title | The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of his Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Guidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Swan Princess (Сказка о Царе Салтане, о сыне его славном и могучем богатыре Князе Гвидоне Салтановиче и о прекрасной Царевне Лебеди) |
| Composer | Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay |
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| Movements/Sections | Prologue and 4 acts |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1899–1900 |
| First Performance | 1900-11-03 – Moscow: Solodovnikov Theatre: Nikolay Mutin (Tsar Saltan), Yelena Tsvetkova (Tsaritsa Militrisa), Aleksandra Rostovtseva (Tkachikha), Adelaida Veretennikova (Povarikha), Varvara Strakhova (Babarikha), Anton Sekar-Rozhansky (Tsarevich Gvidon), Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (Tsarevna Swan-Bird), Vasily Schafer (Old grandfather), Nikolay Shevelyov (Courier), Mikhail Levandovsky (Skomorokh), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (conductor) |
| First Publication | 1901 – St. Petersburg: Bessel. Vocal score, 281 pages. Plate 4849. 1904 – St. Petersburg: Bessel. Full score, 462 pages (lithographed from a manuscript). Plate 4882. |
| Librettist | Vladimir Belsky (1866–1946), after Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837) |
| Language | Russian |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Voices: Tsar Saltan (Царь Салтан) (bass) ; Tsaritsa Militrisa (Царица Милитриса) (soprano) ; Tkachikha (Ткачиха) (mezzo-soprano) ; Povarikha (Повариха) (soprano) ; Babarikha (Бабариха) (contralto) ; Tsarevich Gvidon (Царевич Гвидон) (tenor) ; Tsarevna Swan-Bird (Царевна Лебедь) (soprano) ; Old grandfather (Старый дед) (tenor) ; Courier (Гонец) (baritone) ; Skomorokh (Скоморох) (bass) + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets/bass clarinet, 2 bassoons/contrabassoon + 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, percussion + 2 harps, strings |
| Related Works | See also the orchestral suite from the opera (Op.57) |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
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- For 2 flutes (arr)
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- For oboe, piano (arr)
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- For piano (arr)
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- Belsky, Vladimir/Librettist
- Pushkin, Aleksandr/Librettist
