Songs and Dances of Death (Mussorgsky, Modest)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 songs:
  1. Lullaby / Berceuse [Колыбельная / Wiegenlied]. Lento assai. Tranquillo. – Allegretto moderato e pesante – Ancora più sostenuto – Meno mosso; allargando – Andante tranquillo (F minor)
  2. Serenade [Серенада / Wiegenlied / Ständchen]. Lento doloroso – Moderato tranquillo – Lento funesto – Agitato pathetico – Lento funesto – Agitato – Lento – Agitato – Lento. Tranquillo. – Agitato, con dolore – Lento (C minor)
  3. Trepak [Трепак / Tanzlied]. Larghetto – Andantino
  4. Field Marshal [Полководец / Der feldherr / Feldherr tod / Le chef d'armée]. Vivo, alla guerra – Risoluto – Grave Marziale – Risoluto
Composition Year 1875 (Nos.1-3); 1877 (No.4)
Genre Categories Songs; Dances; For voice, piano; [11 more...]For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; Russian language; For voice, orchestra (arr); For voices with orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 3. Trepak (EU)
#442490 - 12.52MB - 5:28 -  4.4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - 595×⇩ - MP3 - Rgagnaux

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Rgagnaux (2016/10/10)

Performer Pages Hans Rosbaud (Piano)
Boris Christoff (Bass)
Publisher Info. Radiodiffusion-télévision française, 1955.
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US 
Misc. Notes Recorded July 21, 1955. Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
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 4. Field Marshal (live performance)
#420513 - 7.54MB - 5:29 -  4.6666666666667/10 2 4 6 8 10 (6) - 487×⇩ - MP3 - Shuwen Zhang

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Shuwen Zhang (2016/4/24)

Performer Pages Shuwen Zhang (piano)
Publisher Info. Shuwen Zhang
Performers Geeseop Kim (baritone)
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 
Misc. Notes Manhattan School of Music, Miller Recital Hall, 2:00 pm, Apr.24, 2016
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Sheet Music

Scores

Editor Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Language Russian / French / German
Translator Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877–1944), French text
August Bernhard (1852–1908), German text
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel et Cie., 1908. Plate 6428.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Ordered: 3, 1, 2, 4. This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Editor Hans Schmidt (1854–1923)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d. Plate 3394a / 9725.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Ordered: 3, 1, 2, 4.
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 Complete Score
#113882 - 2.65MB, 34 pp. -  6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (10) - V/V*/V* - 8009×⇩ - Madcapellan

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Madcapellan (2011/8/17)

Editor Pavel Lamm (1882–1951)
Language Russian / German
Translator Dmitry Usov (1896–1944), German text
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), Vol.V, ser.9 (pp.6-39)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1931. Plate M. 8389 Г.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1960).
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes 600 dpi
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 Complete Score
#49796 - 7.60MB, 30 pp. -  4.25/10 2 4 6 8 10 (4) - V*/V*/V* - 6434×⇩ - Fsarud

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Fsarud (2009/12/22)

Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, (1966). Plate 2941.
Copyright
Public Domain
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Publisher. Info. Double sharp
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0
Misc. Notes re-typeset from Lamm edition above; Russian text romanized, as common for musical examples in English-language publications
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Selections

Trepak (No.3)

Editor Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Language English
Translator Rosa Newmarch (1857–1940)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: W. Bessel et Cie., 1911. Plate 6906.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Field Marshal (No.4)

 Complete Score (lower version)
#479581 - 3.61MB, 10 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 1802×⇩ - Arkdv

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Arkdv (2017/6/30)

Editor Mikhail Arkadev
Publisher. Info. Mikhail Arkadev, 2017.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Performance version of Mikhail Arkadev
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Lullaby (No.1)

For Voice and Orchestra (Glazunov)

⇒ 12 more: Flute 1, 2 • Oboe, English Horn • Clarinet 1, 2 (A) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (F) • Trumpet 1, 2 (A) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

Arranger Aleksandr Glazunov (1865–1936)
Language Russian / French / German / English (in score)
Translator Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877–1944), French text
August Bernhard (1852–1908), German text
Rosa Newmarch (1857–1940), English text
Publisher. Info. Paris: W. Bessel et Cie., n.d.(ca.1925). Plate W. 8174-75 B.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2919.
Copyright
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Selections

For Piano solo (Feinberg)
Arranger Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
Editor Mikhail Sokolov
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, 1966. Plate 4387.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD EU
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General Information

Work Title Songs and Dances of Death
Alternative. Title Песни и танцы смерти ; 4 Dramatic Scenes ; Lieder und Tänze des Todes
Name Translations Песни и пляски смерти; Chants et danses de la mort; Pieśni i tańce śmierci; Пісні і танці смерті; Lieder und Tänze des Todes; [5 more...]死の歌と踊り; Cantos y danzas de la muerte; A halál dalai és táncai; Canti e danze della morte; 死之歌舞
Name Aliases Canti et saltationes mortis; Canciones y danzas de la muerte
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179025904; GND: 300113064; BNF: 13916603g; BNE: XX5631563
Composer Mussorgsky, Modest
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IMM 64
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 songs:
  1. Lullaby / Berceuse [Колыбельная / Wiegenlied]. Lento assai. Tranquillo. – Allegretto moderato e pesante – Ancora più sostenuto – Meno mosso; allargando – Andante tranquillo (F minor)
  2. Serenade [Серенада / Wiegenlied / Ständchen]. Lento doloroso – Moderato tranquillo – Lento funesto – Agitato pathetico – Lento funesto – Agitato – Lento – Agitato – Lento. Tranquillo. – Agitato, con dolore – Lento (C minor)
  3. Trepak [Трепак / Tanzlied]. Larghetto – Andantino
  4. Field Marshal [Полководец / Der feldherr / Feldherr tod / Le chef d'armée]. Vivo, alla guerra – Risoluto – Grave Marziale – Risoluto
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1875 (Nos.1-3); 1877 (No.4)
First Publication. 1882 - St. Petersburg: Bessel
Librettist Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848–1913)
Language Russian
Average DurationAvg. Duration 22 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
External Links Wikipedia article
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