Hamlet (incidental music), Op.67a (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

Ambox notice.pngFor the earlier overture-fantasia on the same subject, see Hamlet (overture-fantasia), Op.67.


Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's overture and 5 acts
Composition Year 1891
Genre Categories Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For 2 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; French language; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)
Related Works The Overture is a condensed version of Tchaikovsky's overture-fantasia Hamlet (Op.67). He also re-used several numbers from earlier works.

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Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

 Overture
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⇒ 5 more: Act 1 (Nos.1, 2, 3, 4) • Act 2 (Nos.5, 6) • Act 3 (Nos. 7, 8) • Act 4 (Nos. 9, 10, 11a, 11b) • Act 5 (Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)

 Act 1 (Nos.1, 2, 3, 4)
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 Act 2 (Nos.5, 6)
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 Act 3 (Nos. 7, 8)
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 Act 4 (Nos. 9, 10, 11a, 11b)
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 Act 5 (Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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Editor Irina Iordan (1910–1976)
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), vol.14
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate M. 29924 Г.
Reprinted Kalmus Orchestral Series No.557
New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, No.557, n.d.[ca.1970].
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Original title page and plate numbers omitted in reprint
Text in French. Includes footnotes in Russian (Cyrillic)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano 4 hands (Langer)

 Complete Score
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 Color Cover
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Arranger Eduard Langer (1835–1905)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1892).
Reprinted Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d.
Copyright
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Marche funèbre (Act V, No.14)

For Piano 4 hands (Langer)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Eduard Langer (1835–1905)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1892). Plate 19707.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
Re-titled as a Funeral March in memory of Tsar Alexander III.
Marche Funèbre exécutée par l'orchestre de la Cour Impériale pendant les funérailles de S.M. l'Empereur Alexandre III.
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General Information

Work Title Hamlet
Alternative. Title Гамлет
Composer Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.67a ; TH 23
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IPT 44
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Overture and 5 acts, 16 numbers:
Overture:
Lento lugubre—Allegro vivacissimo (256 bars)
Act 1:
1. Mélodrame. Moderato assai (23 bars)
2. Fanfare. Allegro vivo (9 bars)
3. Mélodrame. Moderato assai (10 bars)
4. Mélodrame. Allegro giusto ed agitato (112 bars)
Act 2:
5. Entr'acte. Allegro semplice (138 bars)
5a. Fanfare (4 bars)
6. Fanfare. Allegro (8 bars)
Act 3:
7. Entr'acte. Andante quasi Allegretto (28 bars)
8. Mélodrame. Allegro guisto ed agitato (73 bars)
Act 4:
9. Entr'acte (Elégie). Andante non troppo (103 bars)
10. 'Scène d'Ophélie. Andantino (44 bars)
11a. Deuxième scène d'Ophélie. Moderato (15 bars)
11b. Fin de la deuxième scène d'Ophélie. Allegro vivo (73 bars)
Act 5:
12. Entr'acte. Marcia. Moderato assai (72 bars)
13. Chant du Fossoyeur. Andantino (14 bars)
14. Marche funèbre. Marcia. Moderato assai (72 bars)
15. Fanfare. Allegro giusto (8 bars)
16. Marche finale. Allegro risoluto ma non troppo (19 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1891
First Performance. 1891-02-21 — St.Petersburg, Mikhailovsky Theatre
First Publication. 1892 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Full score. Plate 17522
1896 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Vocal score (Tchaikovsky and Eduard Langer).
Librettist Alexandre Dumas (1824–1895) and Paul Meurice (1818–1905), after William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Language French
Average DurationAvg. Duration 48 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voices: Ophélie (Офелия) — soprano; Fossoyeur (Могильщик) — baritone
Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
2 horns, 2 trumpets, bass trombone, timpani, side drum, tam-tam, bell, strings
Related Works The Overture is a condensed version of Tchaikovsky's overture-fantasia Hamlet (Op.67). He also re-used several numbers from earlier works.
External Links Tchaikovsky Research
Wikipedia
Extra Information Written to accompany a French production of Shakespeare's tragedy in St. Petersburg.
Vocal score arranged by Tchaikovsky and Eduard Langer, 1891
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