| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6 |
|---|---|
| First Publication | 1913 (piano version)
1921 (orchestra) |
| Genre Categories | Pieces; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr) |
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| Work Title | The Fisherman and the Fish |
|---|---|
| Alternative. Title | 6 Musical Illustrations after the Pushkin Tale, O rybake i rybke |
| Composer | Tcherepnin, Nikolay |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.41 |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | INT 5 |
| Key | E minor |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 6
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| First Performance. | 1920 ca. (orchestral version, first known public performance) |
| First Publication. | 1913 (piano version)
1921 (orchestra) |
| Librettist | Composer, after a story by Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837) |
| Dedication | his son Sasha |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 18 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | Narrator ; Orchestra: 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets (B♭/A) basset horn (F), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon 4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (C), 3 trombones, tuba timpani, percussion, celesta, upright (small) piano, 2 harps, strings bass drum, small side drum, xylophone, triangle, tubular bells, tambourine, cymbals, tam-tam |
| External Links | Study Score Preface by David Witten, 2017 |
| Extra Information | "The piano version was completed before 1915 [when a partial piano performance was given], and Tcherepnin later published an orchestral version in 1921" |