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 (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr)

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Full Scores

Overture

 Complete Score
#228129 - 5.61MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2027×⇩ - Afp0815

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1895. Plate 526.1101.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 Complete Score
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Editor Maksimilian Steinberg (1883-1946)
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works, Vol.2A (Полное собрание сочинений).
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1948. Plate M. 18406-а Г.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A1923.
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Misc. Notes Extract from the Complete Collected Works volume containing the whole opera
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Parts

Overture

 Flute 1, 2
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⇒ 12 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (A) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (E), 3, 4 (C) • Trumpet 1, 2 (C/E) • Trombone 1, 2, 3 • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Oboe 1, 2
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 Clarinet 1, 2 (A)
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 Bassoon 1, 2
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 Horn 1, 2 (E), 3, 4 (C)
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 Trumpet 1, 2 (C/E)
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 Trombone 1, 2, 3
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 Timpani
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos
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 Basses
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, n.d.[1895]. Plate 1102.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A1923.
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 Violins I
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, n.d.[1895. Plate 1102.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A1923.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#271713 - 22.58MB, 372 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 539×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2013/3/1)

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 - 1361×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2008/8/28)

Language Russian / German / French
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff, 1895. Plate 979
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 Complete Score
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Carolus (2008/8/28)

Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, 1991. Plate 14444.
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Misc. Notes Probably an offprint (perhaps re-engraving) of the Complete Collected Works but this seems unlikely since CCW uses a different plate #.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For Piano 4 hands

 Potpourri for piano 4 hands
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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)

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 Score (Piano)
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 Cello part
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Arranger David Popper (1843–1913)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d.[1884]. Plate 2492.
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General Information

Work Title May Night
Alternative. Title Mайская Ночь . Die Mainacht.
Name Translations La nit de maig; La noche de mayo; Notte di maggio; Майская ночь; 可能晚上; Noapte de mai; Травнева ніч (опера); Majnatten; 五月の夜 (オペラ); Die Mainacht; Május éj
Name Aliases Maiskaja notsch; 五月的夜晚; Майская ночь (опера); Травнева ніч
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176610065; LCCN: n82166215; GND: 300548664; BNF: 139179115
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. 1882 - D. Rahter (vocal score) (poss. copublication with Büttner?)
  • 1882 also - piano reduction without text (Rahter. Arranged by Theodor Herbert)
  • 1893 (full score, Belaieff)
Librettist Composer, after Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852)
Language Russian
Average DurationAvg. Duration 2 hours
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

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First published in 1882. Belaieff's first publication is the first Russian publication; this time, a publisher in another country beat them to it (though it might have been a Rahter/Büttner copublication.)

Operas by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
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