King Lear (Balakirev, Mily)

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Sheet Music

Full score

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7 more: Overture • Act 1 • Act 2 • Act 3 • Act 4 • Act 5 • Table of Contents, colophon, back cover

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Editor B. Barkan, "redaktor"
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, 1969; plate 4190
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Misc. Notes This Soviet edition of the complete Lear music was reprinted by Höflich in 2005.
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Overture

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: J.H. Zimmerman, n.d.(ca.1905), Plate Z. 3778
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General Information

Work Title Музыка к трагедии У. Шекспира "Король Лир"
Alternative. Title Music to Shakespeare's Tragedy "King Lear"
Composer Balakirev, Mily
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMB 15
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 15 (with one of the movements in two arrangements)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1858-1861, revised 1902-1905 [2]
First Publication. 1904 (piano, 4-hands); 1906 score and parts) -- both publ. by Zimmerman
Language English and Russian (cues in the dialogue)
Dedication В.В. Стасову ("To V.V. Stasov")
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation full orchestra; also arr. by composer for piano, 4-hands

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Contents

  • Overture
  • Act I
    • Procession
    • Music of the "Procession" (arranged for one orchestra)
  • Act II
    • Introduction
    • Scene 1
    • Scene 2
    • Scene 4
  • Act III
    • Introduction
  • Act IV
    • Introduction
    • Scene 6
    • Scene 7
  • Act V
    • Introduction
    • Scene 1
    • Scene 2
    • Scene 3

Publication History

Revised version:

  • 1904: composer's arrangement for piano, 4 hands; Zimmerman
  • 1906: full score and parts; Zimmerman
  • 1969: full score, new engraving; Moscow: Muzyka; plate 4190.