Hymn in Honour of Saints Cyril and Methodius, TH 79 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
Composition Year	1885
Genre Categories	Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; Russian language

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Naxos

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Scores

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Publisher. Info.	[Moscow?: Jurgenson?, 1885?]; scanned from reprint: New York: Kalmus, [n.d., ca. 1975-1985], Kalmus Vocal Series No.6771 Original title page, plate numbers and censor's approval statement missing from reprint
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Includes piano reduction Reprinted presumably from original edition, together with 9 Liturgical choruses; page numbering of Hymn in this volume substituted by Kalmus
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General Information

Work Title	Hymn in Honor of Saints Cyril and Methodius
Alternative. Title	Гимн в честь святых Кирилла и Мефодия (Gimn v chest svyatikh Kirilla i Mefodiya)
Composer	Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	TH 79
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IPT 46
Key	F major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1885
First Publication.	1885
Librettist	Composer, after a Czech hymn
Language	Russian (not Church Slavonic)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Chorus (SATB)

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Composed in conjunction with the 1000th anniversary of the death of Methodius. Tune from a Czech hymn. Text translated from Czech to Russian (revised by the composer).

Section Listing

Moderato (F major, 32 bars)

Publication History

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1885. 5 pages. Plate 6700

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Text

Обнимись со мной, славянский брат,
Помянуть с тобой я вместе рад
День, когда покинул мир земной
Просветитель наш, Кирилл святой.
К брату Мефодию у скалы Петровой
Так вещал он, смерть принять готовый:
«Брат Мефодий, сострадальник мой,
Ты последний час мой упокой.

Возвратись к славянским ты сынам,
Возрасти Христову ниву там,
Чтобы веры плод возрос, созрел,
Чтоб славянский род свет правды зрел.
Я ж в Небесах буду Господу молиться,
Чтоб им в вере дал Он утвердиться.
И Господь благословит наш труд,
Все славяне ко Христу придут».[1]