PĂ«tr Il'ich Tchaikovsky
A Research and Information Guide
Gerald R. Seaman
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PĂ«tr Il'ich Tchaikovsky
A Research and Information Guide
Gerald R. Seaman
Ă propos de ce livre
PĂ«tr Il'ich Tchaikovsky: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography of substantial, relevant published resources relating to the Russian composer. Generally regarded as one of the most remarkable composers of the second half of the nineteenth century, Tchaikovsky is unique in that he was the first outstanding Russian composer to receive a professional musical education, being one of the first students to graduate from the newly opened St. Petersburg Conservatory. Composer of six symphonies, concertos, orchestral works, eight major operas, three ballets, and many chamber, keyboard and vocal works, he also composed important sacred music, which is currently being reassessed by contemporary Russian musicologists who are able to examine materials previously restricted or inaccessible during the Soviet period. Like his colleagues in St. Petersburg, Tchaikovsky was deeply interested in Russian folk song, which plays an important part in his works. This volume evaluates the major studies written about the composer, incorporating new information that has appeared in literary publications, articles and reviews.
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Informations
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Tchaikovskyâs Musical Works
Operas
- 1 Voevoda. Opera v 3-kh deystviyakh, 4-kh kartinakh. Libretto A. N. Ostrovskogo i P. I. Chaykovskogo po pâese Ostrovskogo âVoevoda. Stseny iz narodnoy zhizni XVII veka (Son na Volge)â [The Voevoda. Opera in 3 acts, 4 scenes. Libretto by A. N. Ostrovsky and P. I. Tchaikovsky after Ostrovskyâs Play âThe Voevoda: Scenes from the Folk Life of the 17th Century (Dream on the Volga)â], Op. 3.
- Version 1: Date of composition: March 1867, Moscow â July 1868, Paris. PremiĂšre: 30 January [11 February] 1869, Bolâshoy Theater, Moscow, for the benefit of the soprano Aleksandra Grigorâevna Menâshikova, cond: E. N. Merten. Published: Moscow: P. Yurgenson, 1869 (libretto only). Works: 1a, b, c.; 1 supplement (vs). Autograph: Lost. [TchH1; ÄW1]
- Tchaikovsky destroyed the full score of the opera in the 1870s, some of the music being used in later works. During the period 1920â33, instrumental, choral and solo vocal parts were discovered by P. A. Lamm and S. S. Popov in the library of the Bolâshoy Theater, Popov and B. V. Asafâev endeavouring to restore the whole score.
- Version 2: This reconstruction was lost and a further attempt was made to produce a full score by P. A. Lamm and B. V. Asafâev, missing pages being composed by V. Ya. Shebalin and Yu. V. Kochurov, this being published in 1953. PremiĂšre: 28 September 1949, Maly Opera Theater, Leningrad, cond. E. P. Grikurov, rĂ©gisseur B. A. Pokrovsky.
- 2 Undina. Opera v 3-kh deystviyakh. Libretto V. A. Solloguba po knige âUndina. Starinnaya povestâ, rasskazannaya na nemetskom yazyke v proze baronom F. Lamott Fuke, na russkom v stikhakh V. A. Zhukovskimâ [Undine. Opera in 3 acts. Libretto by V. A. Sollogub based on âUndine. An ancient story, told in German in prose by Baron F. La Motte FouquĂ©, in Russian in Verse by V. A. Zhukovskyâ].
- Date of composition: JanuaryâJuly 1869. PremiĂšre: 16 [28] March 1870, Bolâshoy Theater, Moscow (fragments). Published: Moscow: Works: 2 (1950), Undineâs aria (also arr. voice and piano); Act I Finale. Autograph: Lost. [TchH2; ÄW2]
- The score was destroyed by Tchaikovsky in the midâ1870s. Only fragments survive.
- 3 Oprichnik. Opera v 4-kh deystviyakh, 5-kh kartinakh. Libretto P. I. Chaykovskogo po odnoim. tragedii I. I. Lazhechnikova [The Oprichnik. Opera in 4 acts, 5 scenes. Libretto by P. I. Tchaikovsky, based on the eponymous tragedy of I. I. Lazhechnikov], Op. 4.
- Dedication: âĂ Son Altesse ImpĂ©riale le Grand-Duc Constantin.â Date of composition: February 1870âApril 1872. PremiĂšre: 12 [24] April 1874, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, for the benefit of E. F. NĂĄpravnĂk, cond. E. F. NĂĄpravnĂk. Published: St. Petersburg: V. Besselâ, 1874 (vs); 1896 (fs); Libretto 1873. Works: 3a, b; 34 (vs). Autograph: TSNB. [TchH3; ÄW3]. Vocal score of Prince Vyazemskyâs aria (Act II No. 9a) first published in SM 6 (1986): 83â86.
- 4 Kuznets Vakula. Opera v 3-kh deystviyakh, 8-kh kartinakh. Libretto Ya. P. Polonskogo po povesti âNochâ pered Rozhdestvomâ N. V. Gogolya [Vakula the Smith. Opera in 3 acts, 8 scenes. Libretto by Ya. P. Polonsky based on N. V. Gogolâs Story âChristmas Eveâ], Op. 14.
- Version 1: Dedication: âTo the memory of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna (1806â73).â Date of composition: JuneâAugust 1874. PremiĂšre: 22 November [4 December] 1876, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, cond. Nikolay Rubinstein, rĂŽle of Svetleyshy sung by FĂ«dor Stravinsky. Published: Moscow: P. Yurgenson, 1876 (vs) under the title: Kuznets Vakula ili Nochâ pered Rozhdestvom [Vakula the Smith or Christmas Eve]; Libretto: St. Petersburg: V. S. Balashev, 1876. Works: 35 (vs). Autograph: GADK. [TchH4; ÄW4]
- Version 2: Following the death of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna in 1873, the directorate of the RMS invited different composers to write an opera in her memory, with a libretto by Yakov Polonsky, based on Gogolâs story Christmas Eve. Tchaikovskyâs opera was awarded first prize. In 1885, however, the opera was completely revised, the title being changed to Cherevichki [The Little Shoes], opera in 4 acts, 8 scenes. Date of composition: 1885. PremiĂšre: 31 January 1887, Bolâshoy Theater, Moscow [see No. 8].
- 5 Evgeny Onegin. Liricheskie stseny v 3-kh deystviyakh, 7-kh kartinakh. Libretto P. Chaykovskogo pri uchastii K. S. Shilovskogo po odnoim. romanu v stikhakh A. S. Pushkina, s sokhraneniem mnogikh stikhov podlinnika [Eugene Onegin. Lyrical Scenes in 3 acts, 7 scenes. Libretto by P. Tchaikovsky with the participation of K. S. Shilovsky based on the eponymous novel in verse by A. S. Pushkin, preserving many verses of the original], Op. 24.
- Subject suggested to Tchaikovsky by the singer Elizaveta Lavrovskaya. Date of composition: May 1877âFebruary 1878. PremiĂšre: 17 [29] March 1879, Maly Theater, Moscow, with the participation of Conservatory students, cond. Nikolay Rubinstein, rĂ©gisseur I. V. Samarin, stage designer K. F. Valâts. Published: Moscow: P. Yurgenson, 1878 (vs); 1880 (fs). Works: 4; 36 (vs). Autograph: MMKG. [TchH5; ÄW5]
- 6 Orleanskaya deva. Opera P. I. Chaykovskogo v 4-kh deystviyakh, 6-kh kartinakh. Libretto P. I. Chaykovskogo po odnoim. tragedii F. Shillera (V perevode V. A. Zhukovskogo) s ispolâz. motivov dramy âZhana dâArkaâ Zh. Barbâe i libretto opery âOrleanskaya devaâ M. A. Merme [The Maid of Orleans. Opera by P. I. Tchaikovsky in 4 acts, 6 scenes. Libretto by P. I. Tchaikovsky based on the eponymous tragedy of F. von Schiller (in a translation by V. A. Zhukovsky) using motives from the drama âJeanne dâArcâ by J. Barbier and the libretto of the opera âThe Maid of Orleansâ (âJeanne dâArcâ) by M. A. Mermet].
- Dedication: âĂ Mr. Edouard NĂĄpravnĂk.â Date of composition: December 1878âAugust 1879. Rev. 1882. PremiĂšre: 13 [25] February 1881, Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, for the benefit of E. F. NĂĄpravnĂk, cond. E. F. NĂĄpravnĂk. Published: Moscow: P. Yurgenson, 1881 (vs); Moscow: 1899 (fs). Works: 5a, b; 37 (vs). Autograph: MMKG. [TchH6; ÄW6]
- 7 Mazepa. Opera P. I. Chaykovskogo v 3-kh deystviyakh, 6-kh kartinakh. Libretto V. P. Burenina po poemeâPoltavaâ A. S. Pushkina, pererabotannoe P. I. Chaykovskim [Mazepa. Opera by P. I. Tchaikovsky in 3 acts, 6 scenes. Libretto by V. P. Burenin based on the poem âPoltavaâ by A. S. Pushkin, reworked by P. I. Tchaikovsky].
- Libretto by Viktor Petrovich Burenin [pseud.: Count A. Zhasminov]. Words for Mazepaâs arioso, Act II [No. 10a], by Vasily Kandaurov. Date of composition: June 1881âApril 1883. PremiĂšre: 3 [15] February 1884, Bolâshoy Theater, Moscow, cond. I. K. Alâtani. Published: Moscow: P. Yurgenson, 1883 (vs); 1899 (fs). Works: 6a, b; 38 (vs). Autograph: MMKG. [TchH7; ÄW7]
- 8 Cherevichki. Komiko-fantasticheskaya opera P. I. Chaykovskogo v 4-kh deystviyakh, 8-kh kartinakh. Libretto Ya. P. Polenskogo po povesti âNochâ pered Rozhdestvomâ N. V. Gogolya, s podavleniyami P. I. Chaykovskogo [The Little Shoes. Comic fantastic opera by P. I. Tchaikovsky in 4 acts, 8 scenes. Libretto by Ya. P. Polonsky based on the story âChristmas Eveâ by N. V. Gogolâ, with additions by P. I. Tchaikovsky].
- Version 2 of the opera Kuznets Vakula [see No. 4, Version 2]. Words for Vakulaâs song, Act III [No. 17], written by Nikolay Chaev. Date of composition: December 1884âMarch 1885. PremiĂšre: 19 [31] January 1887, Bolâshoy Theater, Moscow, cond. P. I. Tchaikovsky, stage designer K. F. Valâts. Published Moscow: P. Yurgenson, 1883 (vs); 1899 (fs). Works: 7a, b; 39 (vs). Autograph: MMKG. [TchH8; ÄW8]
- 9 Charodeyka. [Nizhegorodskoe predanie]. Opera P. I. Chaykovskogo v 4-kh deystviyakh. Libretto I. V. Shpazhinskogo po ego odnoim. tragedii [The Enchantress. (A Nizhny N...