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Publisher Info.:
[Moscow: Jurgenson?, 1882]
reprint — New York: Kalmus, n.d. (ca.1975–85]. Kalmus Vocal Series No.6772
Copyright:
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes:
Original title page, plate numbers and censor's approval omitted in reprint
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General Information
| Work Title
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Vesper Service
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| Alternative Title
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All-Night Vigil (Всенощное бдение)
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| Composer
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
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| Opus/Catalogue Number
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Op.52
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| Movements/Sections
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17 sections:
- Introductory Psalm: "Bless My Soul, O Lord" (Предначинательный псалом: «Благослови душе моя»)
- "Lord Have Mercy" and other brief responses («Господи, помилуй» и другие краткие молитвословия)
- Kathisma: "Blessed is the Man" (Кафисма: «Блажен муж»)
- "Lord, I Call to Thee" («Господи, воззвах к Тебе»)
- "Gladsome Light" («Свете тихий»)
- "Rejoice, O Virgin" («Богородице, Дево, радуйся»)
- "The Lord is God" («Бог Господь»)
- Polyeleion: "Praise the Name of the Lord" (Полиелей: «Хвалите имя Господне»)
- Troparia: "Blessed Art Thou, Lord" (Тропари: «Благословен еси Господи»)
- Gradual Antiphon: "From My Youth" (Степенна «От юности моея»)
- Hymns after the Gospel Reading: "Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ" (Песнопения по Евангелии: «Воскресение Христово видевше»)
- Common Katabasis: "I Shall Open My Lips" (Катавасия рядовая: «Отверзну уста моя»)
- Canticle of the Mother of God (Песнь Богоматери с припевом)
- "Holy is the Lord Our God" («Свят Господь Бог наш»)
- Theotokion: "Both Now and Forever" (Богородичен «И ныне и присно»)
- Great Doxology: "Glory to God in the Highest" (Великое славословие «Слава в вышних Богу»)
- "To Thee the Glorious Leader" («Взбранной Воеводе победительная»)
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| Year/Date of Composition
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1881–82
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| First Performance
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1882-07-09 — Moscow: Pyotr Sakharov (conductor)
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| First Publication
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1883 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. 115 pages. Plates 4882 to 4897.
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| Librettist
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Orthodox liturgy
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| Language
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Russian Church Slavonic
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| Average Duration
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45 minutes
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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Chorus (SATB)
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| External Links
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Tchaikovsky Research
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| Extra Information
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The published score includes a piano part intended as an aid to rehearsal only.
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