| Work Title
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3 Choruses
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| Alternative. Title
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3 хора
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| Composer
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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TH 87
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IPT 27
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| Key
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see below
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 pieces:
- Tis Not the Cuckoo in the Damp Pinewood (Не кукушечка во сыром бору)
Moderato mosso (E minor, 81 bars)
- Why Did the Merry Voice Grow Silent? (Что смолкнул веселия глас?)
Moderato assai (G minor, 48 bars)
- Without Time, Without Season (Без поры да без времени)
Andante con moto (E minor, 80 bars)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1891
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| First Performance.
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1891-05-05 — St. Petersburg, Hall of the City Council: Students of the Free Choral Class, Fyodor Becker (conductor)
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| First Publication.
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1894 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. No.2 only (in Ivan Mel´nikov’s collection: Russian Choruses for Male Voices (Русские хоры для мужских голосов), No.1). 1894 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. No.3 only (in Ivan Mel´nikov’s collection: Russian Choruses for Female Voices (Русские хоры для женских голосов), No.6). 1895 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. No.1 only (in part 1 of Ivan Mel´nikov’s collection: Russian Choruses for Mixed Voices (Русские хоры для смешанных голосов), No.7)
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| Librettist
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Various:
- Nikolay Tsyganov (1797–1831)
- Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
- Nikolay Tsyganov (1797–1831)
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| Language
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Russian
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| Dedication
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To the Free Choral Class of Ivan Melnikov
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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7 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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chorus:
- Mixed chorus (SATB)
- Male chorus (TTBB)
- Female chorus (SSAA)
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| External Links
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Tchaikovsky Research
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