2 Monologues from 'Boris Godunov' (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 songs
Composition Year	1891
Genre Categories	Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; Russian language

Sheet Music

Complete Score
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1. Boris' monologue
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2. Pimen's monologue
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Editor	Pavel Lamm (1882-1951)
Publisher. Info.	Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.[1947].
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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Work Title	2 Monologues from 'Boris Godunov'
Alternative. Title
Composer	Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	TN ii/80
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	ISR 19
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 songs: Boris' monologue ("Thou, father patriarch") Pimen's monologue ("One last story")
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1891
First Publication.	1947
Librettist	Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837)
Language	Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	voice, piano

Both are from the unfinished play (or opera) "Boris Godunov".
According to Grove Music, "At Mamontov’s theatre Rachmaninoff also formed a close friendship with Chaliapin (who sang with the company), and during a summer holiday in 1898 they made intensive studies together of the operas of Rimsky-Korsakov and Musorgsky, particularly Boris Godunov." It is unclear whether Rachmaninov composed new material of his own on Pushkin's themes, or whether this is an edition or arrangement of Mussorgsky's music.

Howso unclear? Does it even share any themes with Mussorgsky's opera(s)? - ELS