Hamlet (incidental music), Op.67a (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

For the earlier overture-fantasia on the same subject, see Hamlet (overture-fantasia), Op.67.

		Movements/Sections Overture and 16 numbers: Overture: Lento lugubre—Allegro vivacissimo (256 bars) Act I: 1. Mélodrame. Moderato assai (23 bars) 2. Fanfare. Allegro vivo (9 bars) 3. Mélodrame. Moderato assai (10 bars) 4. Mélodrame. Allegro giusto ed agitato (112 bars) Act II: 5. Entr'acte. Allegro semplice (138 bars) 5a. Fanfare (4 bars) 6. Fanfare. Allegro (8 bars) Act III: 7. Entr'acte. Andante quasi Allegretto (28 bars) 8. Mélodrame. Allegro guisto ed agitato (73 bars) Act IV: 9. Entr'acte (Elégie). Andante non troppo (103 bars) 10. Scène d'Ophélie. Andantino (44 bars) 11a. Deuxième scène d'Ophélie. Moderato (15 bars) 11b. Fin de la deuxième scène d'Ophélie. Allegro vivo (73 bars) Act V: 12. Entr'acte. Marcia. Moderato assai (72 bars) 13. Chant du Fossoyeur. Andantino (14 bars) 14. Marche funèbre. Marcia. Moderato assai (72 bars) 15. Fanfare. Allegro giusto (8 bars) 16. Marche finale. Allegro risoluto ma non troppo (19 bars) Composition Year 1891 Genre Categories Incidental music; Stage Works; For 2 voices, orchestra; For voices with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; French language; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (6)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (3)

Full Scores

 Overture
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 Act I (Nos.1, 2, 3, 4)
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 Act II (Nos.5, 6)
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 Act III (Nos. 7, 8)
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 Act IV (Nos. 9, 10, 11a, 11b)
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 Act V (Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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Editor:

Irina Iordan (1910–1976)

Publisher Info.:

P.I. Tchaikovsky: Complete Collected Works, vol.14 (Полное собрание сочинений).
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate M. 29924 Г.

Reprinted:

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. [ca.1970]. Kalmus Orchestral Series No.557.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original title page and plate numbers omitted in reprint

Text in French. Includes footnotes in Russian (Cyrillic)

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano 4 hands (Langer)

 Complete score
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 Color cover
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Arranger:

Eduard Langer (1835–1905)

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1892)

Reprinted:

Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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Marche funèbre (Act V, No.14)

For Piano 4 hands (Langer)

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Arranger:

Eduard Langer (1835–1905)

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1892). Plate 19707

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
Re-titled as a Funeral March in memory of Tsar Alexander III.
Marche Funèbre exécutée par l'orchestre de la Cour Impériale pendant les funérailles de S.M. l'Empereur Alexandre III.

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General Information

Work Title	Hamlet
Alternative Title	Гамлет

Composer	Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.67a ; TH 23
Movements/Sections	Overture and 16 numbers: Overture: Lento lugubre—Allegro vivacissimo (256 bars) Act I: 1. Mélodrame. Moderato assai (23 bars) 2. Fanfare. Allegro vivo (9 bars) 3. Mélodrame. Moderato assai (10 bars) 4. Mélodrame. Allegro giusto ed agitato (112 bars) Act II: 5. Entr'acte. Allegro semplice (138 bars) 5a. Fanfare (4 bars) 6. Fanfare. Allegro (8 bars) Act III: 7. Entr'acte. Andante quasi Allegretto (28 bars) 8. Mélodrame. Allegro guisto ed agitato (73 bars) Act IV: 9. Entr'acte (Elégie). Andante non troppo (103 bars) 10. Scène d'Ophélie. Andantino (44 bars) 11a. Deuxième scène d'Ophélie. Moderato (15 bars) 11b. Fin de la deuxième scène d'Ophélie. Allegro vivo (73 bars) Act V: 12. Entr'acte. Marcia. Moderato assai (72 bars) 13. Chant du Fossoyeur. Andantino (14 bars) 14. Marche funèbre. Marcia. Moderato assai (72 bars) 15. Fanfare. Allegro giusto (8 bars) 16. Marche finale. Allegro risoluto ma non troppo (19 bars)
Year/Date of Composition	1891
First Performance	1891-02-21 — St.Petersburg, Mikhailovsky Theatre
First Publication	1892 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Full score. Plate 17522 1896 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Vocal score (Tchaikovsky and Eduard Langer).
Librettist	Alexandre Dumas (1824–1895) and Paul Meurice (1818–1905), after William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Language	French
Average Duration	48 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Voices: Ophélie (Офелия) — soprano; Fossoyeur (Могильщик) — baritone Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons + 2 horns (F), 2 trumpets (B♭), bass trombone + timpani, side drum, tam-tam, bell + strings
Related Works	The Overture is a condensed version of Tchaikovsky's overture-fantasia Hamlet (Op.67). He also re-used several numbers from earlier works.
External Links	Tchaikovsky Research Wikipedia
Extra Information	Written to accompany a French production of Shakespeare's tragedy in St. Petersburg. Vocal score arranged by Tchaikovsky and Eduard Langer, 1891