Galuppi to Vorotnikov

Music of the Russian Court Chapel Choir I

Carolyn C. Dunlop

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781134424290
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music

A performing edition of nineteenth century Russian choral pieces by a range of composers in a variety of styles, this volume was prepared to accompany the book The Russian Court Chapel Choir by Carolyn C. Dunlop.

1

PLOTIYU USNUV

Text:

Plotiyu usnuv yako mertv, Tsaryu i Gospodi, tridneven voskresl esi, Adama vozdvig ot tli, i uprazdniv smert’. Paskha netleniya, mira spasenie.

In the flesh Thou didst fall asleep, as a mortal man, O King and Lord. On the third day Thou didst arise, raising Adam from corruption and destroying death. O King incorruptible, the salvation of the world.

Source:

Printed copy, no details as to publisher or date, held in GBL Music Division at M3 P-1/414. Later published in the collection lz Tsvetnoi Triodi under the editorship of N. D. Lebedev (St Petersburg, 1913).

Note:

During the eighteenth century Russian musical life was dominated by Italian composers and musicians. Best known as an operatic composer and a long-serving maestro di cappella at St Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785) served as kapellmeister in St Petersburg between 1765 and 1768. During this time he exerted a strong and beneficial influence on the musical development of the young choristers of the Court Kapella, in particular on Dmitry Bortnyansky. This anthem, written for Easter, is one of fifteen compositions for the Orthodox Church which he is known to have completed during his stay in St Petersburg.

2

RADUITESYA LYUDIE

Text:

Raduitesya lyudie i veselitesya angel’ sedyai na kameni grobnom, toi blagovesti rek: Khristos voskrese iz mertvykh, Spas mira. Istoshchivyi adovo tsarstvie, i yavlyaetsya apostolom radost’ sotvori vechnuyu.

Rejoice, O ye people and be of good cheer, the angel who sitteth on the gravestone pours forth the gladsome news: Christ is risen from the dead, the Saviour of the world. The kingdom of hell is ground down, and through the Apostle is created eternal joy.

Source:

Published in the collection Iz Tsvetnoi Triodi under the editorship of N. D. Lebedev (St Petersburg, 1913).

Note:

Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802) was another of the many Italian composers to work at the Russian Court, where he held the post of kapellmeister from 1784–6 and again from 1793–1801. This anthem for Easter is one of his many works written in the Italian style for the Russian Orthodox Church.

3

DA ISPRAVITSYA MOLITVA MOYA

Text:

1. Da ispravitsya molitva moya, yako kadilo pred Toboyu vo...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction to the Series
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• 1 Plotiyu usnuv [In the flesh Thou didst fall asleep]
• 2 Raduitesya lyudie [Rejoice, O ye people]
• 3 Da ispravitsya molitva moya [Let my prayer be set forth]
• 4 Dostoino est´ [It is truly fitting]
• 5 Kheruvimskaya pesn´ [Song of the Cherubim]
• 6 Priidite vospoim [Come and sing]
• 7 Slava vo vyshnikh Bogu [Glory to God in the highest]
• 8 Slava edinorodnyi Syn [Glory only-begotten Son]
• 9 Kheruvimskaya pesn´ No. 2 [Song of the Cherubim]
• 10 Vecheri tvoeya tainyya [Of Thy mystical supper]
• 11 Kheruvimskaya pesn´ [Song of the Cherubim]
• 12 Da ispravitsya molitva moya [Let my prayer be set forth]
• 13 Ekteniya pervaya [First ekteniya – Lord have mercy]
• 14 Kheruvimskaya pesn´ [Song of the Cherubim]
• 15 Chashu spaseniya priimu [I will take the cup of salvation]
• 16 Na rekakh Vavilonskikh [By the rivers of Babylon]
• 17 O Tebe raduetsya [All creation rejoices in Thee]