May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Composition Year 1878–79
Genre Categories Comic operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; 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 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

Ouverture

 Complete Score
#228129 - 5.61MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1942×⇩ - Afp0815

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1895. Plate 526.1101.
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Parts

Overture

 Violins I
#100308 - 0.43MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 468×⇩ - m.kowalski49

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, n.d.(ca.1895).
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70).
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#271713 - 22.58MB, 372 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 521×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2013/3/1)

Editor First edition
Language Russian / German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, [1890]. Plate 230.
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 Complete Score
#21532 - 25.27MB, 263 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1330×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2008/8/28)

Language Russian / German / French
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1895. Plate 979
(additional plates 232, 1106, 1109, 1112, 1115, 1119, 1123, 1126, 1130 for offprints)
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 Complete Score
#21531 - 16.86MB, 331 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 1083×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2008/8/28)

Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.(ca.1989). Plate 14444.
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Misc. Notes Probably an offprint (perhaps re-engraving) of the Complete Collected Works
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Piano 4 hands

 Potpourri for piano 4 hands
#22189 - 3.48MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 377×⇩ - Morel

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1896. Plate 1304.
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Schlummerlied (Act III, No.14)

For Cello and Piano (Popper)

 Color cover
#33796 - 0.56MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 207×⇩ - Mattheson78

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 Score (Piano)
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 Cello part
#33795 - 0.13MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1009×⇩ - Mattheson78

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Arranger David Popper (1843–1913)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d.(ca.1904). Plate 2492.
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General Information

Work Title May Night
Alternative. Title Mайская Ночь
Composer Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. INR 28
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1878–79
First Performance. 1880-01-21 in St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre
Fyodor Stravinsky (Mayor)
Pyotr Lody (Levko)
Anna Birchurina (Mayor's sister-in-law)
Mariya Slavina (Hanna)
Vladimir Sobolyov (clerk)
Nikolay Ende (Distiller)
Ivan Melnikov (Kalenik)
Eduard Nápravník (conductor)
First Publication. 1890 – Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff.
  • Vocal score. Plate 230.
  • Piano solo (arr. Herbert). Plate 231

1893 – Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff.

  • Full score. Plate 526.
  • Orchestral parts. Plate 792.
  • Choral parts. Plate 793.
Librettist Composer, after Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852)
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
Cast
Mayor - Голова (bass)
Levko - Левко (tenor)
Mayor's sister-in-law
Свояченица (mezzo-soprano)
Hanna - Ганна (mezzo-soprano)
Clerk - Писарь (bass)
Distiller - Винокур (tenor)
Kalenik - Каленик (baritone or high bass)
Panochka - Панночка (soprano)
Brood-Hen - Наседка (mezzo-soprano)
Raven - Ворон (soprano or mezzo-soprano)
Stepmother - Начеха (mezzo-soprano)
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Orchestra
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information Vocal score also arranged by the composer

Misc. Comments

Operas by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
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