Cantata for the Opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition, TH 67 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

Composition Year	1872
Genre Categories	Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For voice, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; Russian language

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Editor	Irina Iordan (1910-1976) Sergey Gorodetsky (1884-1987) and Aleksey Mashistov (1904-1987), revised text
Language	Russian
Publisher. Info.	Moscow: Muzgiz, 1960. Plate M. 18604 Г.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	The Soviet editors removed the hymn 'God Save the Tsar' from the finale (between pages 303 and 304) and moved it to an appendix (page 511 onwards), as well as modifying much of the cantata's text.
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Complete Score
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Editor	Georgy Kirkor (1910-1980) Sergey Gorodetsky (1884-1987) and Aleksey Mashistov (1904-1987), revised text
Language	Russian
Publisher. Info.	Moscow: Muzyka, 1965. Plate 977.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	The Soviet editors removed the hymn 'God Save the Tsar' from the finale (page 136, before rehearsal mark 55) and moved it to an appendix (page 313 onwards). They also modified much of the cantata's text.
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Work Title	Cantata for the Opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition
Alternative. Title	Cantata for the Bicentenary of the Birth of Peter the Great
Composer	Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	TH 67
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IPT 156
Key	G major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1872
First Performance.	1872/06/12 - Moscow, Trinity Bridge Aleksandr Dodonov (tenor) Russian Musical Society Orchestra, Karl Davydov (conductor)
First Publication.	1965 (in the Complete Collected Works, vol. 27)
Librettist	Yakov Polonsky (1819-1898)
Language	Russian
Average DurationAvg. Duration	35 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	tenor voice, chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail	Solo Voice (tenor) Mixed Chorus (SATB) Orchestra 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets , 2 bassoons 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba timpani, triangle, military drum, cymbals, bass drum, strings
External Links	Tchaikovsky Research