A Life for the Tsar (Glinka, Mikhail)

Title A Life for the Tsar
Alternative title Ivan Susanin
Creators Mikhail Glinka, composer
Egor Rosen, librettist
Vladimir Sollogub, librettist
Vasily Zhukovsky, librettist
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1836
First published 1857
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Composition types Operas
Language Russian
Period Romantic
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Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano
View Mazurka piano Archibald Martin Henderson
View Song of the Orphans cello and piano Norbert Salter
View Song of the Orphans Andrei Sychra
View Andante tranquillo and Allegro organ Harvey B. Gaul
View How Mother was Killed (Act III No.10) 2 guitars Vladimir Morkov
View Epilogue piano

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Original version P. Jurgenson 1904 Complete Score
Complete Score (cleaned and straightened)
View Soviet version (Ivan Susanin) Muzgiz 1965 Complete Score
Title, (partial) Contents, Orchestral Instruments
Overture
Act I Nos.1–3
Act I No.4. Scena terzetto e Coro
Act II No.5. Polacca
Act II Nos.6a .. 6b
Act II No.7. Finale
Act III Nos.8 .. 11
Act III No.12. Quartetto
Act III Nos.13 .. 15
Act III No.16. Finale
Act IV No.17. Antract
Act IV Nos.18a .. 18b
Act IV No.19. Scena e Coro
Act IV Nos.20a .. 20b
Epilogue Nos.21 .. 23
Appendix. Overture to an early edition
Appendix. Passo a due, Passo a tre
Appendix (remainder)
View Overture Schott Complete Score
View Overture Eulenburg Complete Score
View Krakowiak (Act II, No.6) P. Jurgenson 1904 Complete Score
View Waltz (Act II, No.7) P. Jurgenson 1904 Complete Score
View Overture parts Schott Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (B)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (B, C), 3, 4 (G)
Trumpet 1, 2 (C)
Trombone 1, 2, 3 (alto, tenor bass clefs)
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos I / II
Basses
View Overture parts Schott Cellos 3/4 (1st page only)
View Polacca (Act II, No.5) parts Complete Parts
View Krakowiak (Act II, No.6) parts P. Jurgenson 1904 Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (B)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (G), 3, 4 (C)
Trumpet 1, 2 (C)
Trombone 1, 2, 3
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Waltz (Act II, No.7) parts P. Jurgenson 1904 Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (A)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (A), 3, 4 (D)
Trumpet 1, 2 (E)
Trombone 1, 2, 3
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Original version Gutheil Complete Score
View Original version P. Jurgenson Complete Score
Title, Contents, Overture
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
View Soviet Version (Ivan Susanin) Muzgiz Title and Contents
Overture
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Epilogue
Appendix
View Complete Arrangement for piano F.T. Stellovsky Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano Muzgiz Complete Score
View Mazurka Arrangement for piano
by Archibald Martin Henderson
Bayley & Ferguson 1916 Complete Score
View Song of the Orphans Arrangement for cello and piano
by Norbert Salter
Breitkopf und Härtel 1896 Complete Score
Cello Part
View Song of the Orphans Arrangement
by Andrei Sychra
A. M. Afromeev 1909 Complete Score
View Andante tranquillo and Allegro Arrangement for organ
by Harvey B. Gaul
Schirmer 1913 Complete Score
View How Mother was Killed (Act III No.10) Arrangement for 2 guitars
by Vladimir Morkov
A. M. Afromeev 1907 Complete Parts
View Epilogue Arrangement for piano Muzgiz 1958 Complete Score

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