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Sorochinsky Fair (Mussorgsky, Modest)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts, 4 tableaux
Composition Year 1874–1880
Genre Categories Operas; Theatrical Works; 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 accordion (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the accordion; For clarinet, piano (arr); For 2 players; Scores featuring the clarinet; Scores featuring the piano; For trumpet, piano (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet; For cornet, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cornet; For piano (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin
Related Works Pieces based on 'Sorochinsky Fair'

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Vocal Scores

Completion by César Cui

 Complete Score
#528238 - 9.51MB, 120 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 24×⇩ - Music Addict

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Music Addict (2018/6/17)

 Preliminaries, Introduction, and Act I
#24834 - 2.95MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3305×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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Lyle Neff (2008/11/26)

 Act II
#24835 - 4.48MB, 57 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1604×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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Lyle Neff (2008/11/26)

 Act III
#24836 - 2.10MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1777×⇩ - Lyle Neff

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Lyle Neff (2008/11/26)

Arranger César Cui (1835-1918), completion
Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Petrograd: Bessel, 1916. Plate 7465.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes *facing pages (1-232)
Publisher's foreword (translated)
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Completion by Vissarion Shebalin

 Complete Score
#449410 - 12.35MB, 239 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/34 - 120×⇩ - NeptuneVII

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NeptuneVII (2016/11/30)

Arranger Vissarion Shebalin (1902-1963), completion
Editor Pavel Lamm (1882-1951)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzyka, 1982. Plate 6589.*
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Incorporates "Saint John's Night on the Bare Mountain" (Act III, Rehearsal No. 25)
*Shebalin's completion apparently first issued in 1933. The 1982 score is merely a re-engraving with minor corrections.
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Parasya's Dumka (Act 3)

 Complete Score
#528069 - 0.91MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 12×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2018/6/16)

Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1933. Plate М. 13133 Г.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes The music says "Original Edition"
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For Piano (Mussorgsky)

 Fair Scene; Gopak (early and later version)
#10723 - 1.09MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V*/V* - 2282×⇩ - Mcroskell

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Mcroskell (2007/7/24)

Editor Pavel Lamm (1882-1951)
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений)
Vol.VIII: Piano Works (pp.195-210)
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1939. Plate M. 16612 Г.
Reprinted Pictures at an Exhibition and Other Works for Piano
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1990.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes About the selections
This file is from the MIT archive project.
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Introduction

For Piano 4 hands (Lyadov / Chernov)

 Complete Score
#59102 - 0.84MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 871×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/3/15)

Arranger Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914)
Konstantin Chernov (1865-1937)
Publisher. Info. St. Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., 1909. Plate 5402.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Gopak

For Piano Trio (Carse)
See: Russian Trio Album, No.8


For Violin and Piano (Rachmaninoff)

 Complete Score (EU)
#20151 - 3.24MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/22/14 - 2741×⇩ - Rawson

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Rawson (2008/8/1)

Arranger Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874-1943)
Publisher. Info. New York: Charles Foley, 1926. Plate 27082.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
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For Accordion (Golubev)

 Complete Score
#523949 - 1.59MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 4×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2018/5/17)

Arranger A. Golubev
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1930. Plate M. 11298 Г.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes For Bayan
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For Piano (Mussorgsky)

 Complete Score (later version)
#37131 - 3.23MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1343×⇩ - OscarJaume

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OscarJaume (2009/8/15)

Editor Otto Gustav Thümer (1848-1917)
Publisher. Info. Einzel-Ausgabe, No.07028
Mainz: Schott, n.d. Plate 07028.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score (later version)
#10724 - 0.18MB, 4 (#135-138) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V*/V* - 1164×⇩ - Mcroskell

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Mcroskell (2007/7/24)

Publisher. Info. Unidentified collection
Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(ca.1980). Plate 13901.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
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For Piano (Rachmaninoff)

 Concert transcription (EU)
#11323 - 8.78MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/14 - 1115×⇩ - archiescat

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Arranger Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
Publisher. Info. New York: Charles Foley, 1924. Plate 23051.
Reissue — New York: Belwin-Mills, 1974. Plate EL 2408.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
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 Concert transcription (EU)
#11211 - 1.56MB, 4 (#73-76) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/20/14 - 817×⇩ - Guifre

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Guifre (2007/8/3)

Arranger Sergei Rachmaninoff (1874–1943)
Publisher. Info. Fortepiannye Transkriptsii, 93 pages.
Moscow: Muzika, 1971.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
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Gritsko's Aria from Act I

For Clarinet and Piano (Vassiliev)

 Complete Score
#524099 - 0.51MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 6×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2018/5/18)

Arranger M. Vassiliev
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1932. Plate M. 12756 Г.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes The title says 'Song of the Fellow'
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Khivrya's Aria

For Trumpet or Cornet and Piano (Vassiliev)

 Complete Score
#298926 - 0.67MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/C/C - 512×⇩ - Schalltrichter

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Schalltrichter (2013/10/11)

Arranger M. Vassiliev
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1932. Plate M. 12757 Г.
Copyright
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General Information

Work Title Sorochyntsi Fair
Alternative. Title Сорочинская ярмарка = The Fair at Sorochyntsi
Composer Mussorgsky, Modest
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IMM 65
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 acts, 4 tableaux
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1874–1880
First Publication. 1916 (Cui's complete version), Bessel
Librettist Musorgsky and others, from story by Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852)
Language Russian
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
Related Works Pieces based on 'Sorochinsky Fair'
External Links Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Sorochyntsi was Nikolay Gogol's birthplace, but was known to Mussorgsky by its Russian name of Sorochinsk.

Publication History

  • Saint Petersburg: V. Bessel & Co., 1916, ed. by Cesar Cui. (Perf. Oct. 13/26 1917.)
  • Paris, 1924, ed. by N. Tcherepnin. (Perf. March 27, 1923.)
  • Moscow, ed. by Shebalin. (Perf. Jan. 12, 1932.)

Musorgsky arranged the Fair Scene and Hopak for solo piano.

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