The Snow Maiden (opera) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)

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Ambox notice.pngFor the concert suite from this work, see The Snow Maiden (suite).


Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Prologue and 4 acts
Composition Year A 1880–81 ; B 1895
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Russian language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For female chorus, piano (arr); Scores featuring female chorus (arr); For chorus with keyboard (arr)
Related Works See also the orchestral suite from the opera (1895).

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

Version B

 Prologue
#22145 - 18.41MB, 102 (ii, #3–103) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5587×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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⇒ 4 more: Act I • Act II • Act III • Act IV

 Act I
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 Act II
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 Act III
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 Act IV
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Language Russian / German
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., 1898. Plate 4800
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).Catalog A 2331.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Original imprint and plate no. omitted from reprint.
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Parts

Version B

 Soprano chorus part
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Language Russian / French / English
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.
Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. (1980).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes English text might be by Edward Agate. Reprint lacks any imprint information.
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Vocal Scores

Version B

 Complete score
#31207 - 27.52MB, 401 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4063×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2009/5/11)

Editor Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1898)
Reprinted Moscow: Muzgiz, 1949
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Edited version of the first edition.
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 Act I, II
#274119 - 14.29MB, 188 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1244×⇩ - Carolus

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 Act III, IV
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 Color cover
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Carolus (2013/3/21)

Language French / German
Translator Pauline Halperine (d.1934), Pierre Lalo (1866-1943), French text
August Bernhard (1852-1908), German text
Publisher. Info. Petrograd: Bessel, 1908. Plate 6400.
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 Complete Score
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Carolus (2008/8/29)

Editor Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), Vol.31.
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1953. Plate M. 23475 Г.
Reprinted Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.(ca.1968). Plate 4027.
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 Lel's Third Song (Act III)
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Editor Ernest Newman (1868–1959)
Language English
Translator Frederick Herman Martens (1874–1932)
Publisher. Info. Boston: O. Ditson, 1917 (from the collection Modern Russian Songs)
Copyright
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Misc. Notes For low voice. Transposed from original F minor to E♭ minor
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Version B

For Piano solo (Kazachenko)

 Complete Score
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 Complete Score (alternative scan)
#21541 - 14.26MB, 222 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 442×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2008/8/29)

Arranger Grigory Kazachenko (1858–1938)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., 1908. Plate 6440.
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Misc. Notes Stage directions and titles of numbers in Russian and French; sung text omitted
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Song of the Shepherd Lehl

For Female Chorus and Piano (Engel)

 Complete score (SSA)
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Icactus (2012/5/2)

Arranger Carl Engel (1883-1944)
Publisher. Info. Boston: Boston Music Co., 1914. Plate B.M. Co. 4411
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General Information

Work Title The Snow Maiden
Alternative. Title Снегурочка ; Schneeflöckchen ; Jeune fille de neige
Name Translations Schneeflöckchen; Снегурочка; La doncella de nieve; La donzella de neu; Hópelyhecske; Sneguročka; Snégourotchka; Снігуронька (опера); A Donzela da Neve; Ձյունանուշիկը; 雪女郎－春天的童話; Snöflickan; Snegurotška; 雪娘 (オペラ); נערת השלג; Sněhurka
Name Aliases La noia de neu; Снегурочка (опера); 雪姑娘
Authorities Wikipedia; GND: 300130988
Composer Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. INR 70
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Prologue and 4 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. A 1880–81 ; B 1895
First Performance. A 1882-02-10 – St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre: Mikhail Vasilyev (Tsar Berendey), Mikhail Koryakin (Bermyata), Mariya Kamenskaya (Spring Beauty), Fyodor Stravinsky (Frost), Feodosiya Velinskaya (The Snow Maiden), Vasily Vasilyev (Bobyl Bakula), Olga Schröder (Bobylikha), Anna Bichurina (Lel), Mariya Makarova (Kupava), Ippolit Pryanishnikov (Mizgir), Pavel Dyuzhikov (First Herald), Vladimir Mayboroda (Second Herald), Vladimir Sobolev (Wood-Sprite), Eduard Nápravník (conductor)
First Publication. A 1881 – St. Petersburg: V. Bessel
B 1898 – St. Petersburg: V. Bessel. Full score. Plate 4800.
Librettist Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), after Aleksandr Ostrovsky (1823–1886)
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voices: Tsar Berendey (Царь Берендей) (tenor) ; Bermyata (Бермята) (bass) ; Spring Beauty (Весна-Красна) (mezzo-soprano) ; Frost (Мороз) (bass) ; The Snow Maiden (Снегурочка) (soprano) ; Bobyl Bakula (Бобыль Бакула) (tenor) ; Bobylikha (Бобылиха) (mezzo-soprano) ; Lel (Лель) (contralto) ; Kupava (Купава) (soprano) ; Mizgir (Мизгирь) baritone) ; First Herald (1-ый бирюч) (tenor) ; Second Herald (2-ой бирюч) (bass) ; Tsar's page (Царский отрок) (mezzo-soprano) ; Wood-Sprite (Леший) (tenor) ; Maslenitsa (Масленица) (bass) + mixed chorus (SATB)
Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets/bass clarinet, 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, cymbals, tam-tam + piano + harp, strings
Related Works See also the orchestral suite from the opera (1895).
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===Contents===

Version B

Prologue

  • Scene of Spring-Beauty and the Birds
    • Introduction
    • Recitative and Aria of Spring
    • Recitative
    • Song and Dance of the Birds

Act One

  • Introduction
  • Scene of Snowmaiden and Lel'
    • First Song of Lel'
    • Second Song of Lel'
  • Arietta of Snowmaiden
  • Scene and Arietta of Kupava
  • Wedding Rite
  • Scene of Kupava and Snowmaiden
  • Finale

Act Two

  • Chorus. Song of the Blind Gusli-Players
  • Scene of the Tsar and Bermyata
  • Duet of the Tsar and Kupava
  • Public Proclamation
  • Solemn Procession of Tsar Berendey
  • Hymn of the Berendeyans
  • Cavatina of the Tsar [with scene and concluding chorus]

Act Three

  • Scene in the Forest Reserve
    • Roundelay and Song of the Beaver
    • Cavatina of the Tsar
    • Dance of the Skomorokhi
    • Third Song of Lel'
  • Scene of Snowmaiden and Mizgir'
    • Arioso
  • Scene of Lel', Kupava, and Snowmaiden
    • Trio

Act Four

  • Introduction
  • Scene of Snowmaiden and Spring
  • Chorus of Flowers
  • Duet of Snowmaiden and Mizgir'
  • Finale
    • Concluding Chorus
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