The Snow Maiden, Op.12 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 19 pieces
Composition Year 1873
Genre Categories Incidental music; Theatrical Works; For 3 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the mezzo-soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; Russian language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#786762 - 34.97MB, 255 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 172×⇩ - P.davydov

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Editor Irina Iordan (1910–1976)
Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), Vol.14
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate M. 29924 Г.
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Selections

Melodrama (No.10)

 10. Melodrama (Score)
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Editor Yuriy Leonovich
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Dance of the Tumblers (Act III No.13)

 Complete Score
#494527 - 3.54MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2373×⇩ - Mbhaub

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Editor Martin Haub (b. 1955)
Publisher. Info. Martin Haub, 2017.
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Misc. Notes Trumpets transposed to C. A few minor errors in Soviet score corrected.
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Parts

Melodrama (No.10)

 Violins I
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⇒ 4 more: Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos
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 Basses
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Dance of the Tumblers (Act III No.13)

 Complete Parts
#494583 - 3.28MB, 111 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2889×⇩ - Mbhaub

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Editor Martin Haub (b. 1955)
Publisher. Info. Martin Haub, 2017.
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Misc. Notes Trumpets transposed to C. A few minor errors in Soviet score corrected.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#786765 - 13.48MB, 102 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 39×⇩ - P.davydov

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Editor Georgy Kirkor (1910–1980)
Language Russian
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), vol.33 .
Moscow: Muzyka, 1965. Plate 977.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piano (Laub)

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 Color Cover
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Arranger Váša Laub (1857-1911)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1898]. Plate 21476.
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Melodrama (Act 2) and Spring's Monologue

For Piano (Siloti)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Alexander Siloti (1863–1945)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d. Plate 35511 V № 31.
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 Complete Score
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Arranger Alexander Siloti (1863–1945)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: Sovyetsky Kompozitor, 1989.
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Misc. Notes This transcription is also known as "Complainte: Nocturne for piano". In this transcription, SIloti mixed two themes from the "Snow Maiden".
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General Information

Work Title The Snow Maiden
Alternative. Title Снегурочка ; Folktale (Frühlingsmärchen)
Name Translations Snégourotchka; Schneeflöckchen; Снегурочка
Composer Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.12 ; TH 19
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IPT 111
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 19 pieces:
  • Prologue:
1. Introduction. Moderato assai (107 bars)
2. Dances and Chorus of Birds. Allegro giusto–Allegro moderato (419 bars)
3. Frost's Monologue. Moderato–Moderato quasi Allegro (61 bars)
4. Chorus of Farewell to Winter. Moderato (108 bars)
5a. Melodrama. Allegro vivo (86 bars)
  • Act 1:
5b. Entr'acte. Moderato assai (24 bars)
6. Lel's First Song. Moderato (157 bars)
7. Lel's Second Song. Allegro (92 bars)
  • Act 2:
8. Entr'acte. Andantino quasi Allegro (57 bars)
9. Chorus of Blind Gusli Players. Moderato (42 bars)
10. Melodrama. Andantino quasi Allegro (57 bars)
11. Chorus of People and Courtiers. Allegro moderato – Moderato (32 bars)
  • Act 3:
12. 'Round Dance. Allegro moderato (56 bars)
13. Dance of the Tumblers. Allegro vivace (358 bars)
14. Lel's Third Song. [2 versions]:
a) Moderato (G major, 53 bars)
b) Moderato (B♭ major, 54 bars)
15. Brusila's Song. [2 versions]:
a) Allegro (24 bars)
b) Allegro (12 bars)
16. Appearance of the Wood Goblin and the Snow Maiden's Spirit. Allegro vivace (30 bars)
  • Act 4:
17a. Entr'acte. Andantino (39 bars)
17b. Spring's Monologue, Chorus and Dances. Andantino (47 bars)
18. Tsar Berendey's March and Chorus. Tempo di Marcia. Moderato (176 bars)
19. Finale. Allegro giusto (125 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1873
First Performance. 1873/05/23 in Moscow, Bolshoy Theatre
Yevlaliya Kadmina (Lel), Aleksandr Dodonov (Frost), Nikolay Muzil (Brusila)
Maly Theatre Company, Nikolay Rubinstein (conductor)
First Publication. 1873 - Moscow: P. Jurgenson. Vocal score, 77 pages. Plates 2326 to 2344
1895 - Full score, 297 pages. Plate 19701.
Librettist Aleksandr Ostrovsky (1823–1886)
Language Russian
Average DurationAvg. Duration 54 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail
Voices
Lel (Лель) mezzo-soprano
Frost (Мороз) tenor
Brusila (Брусила) tenor
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
Orchestra
piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, triangle, tambourine, side drum, cymbals, bass drum, harp, strings
External Links Tchaikovsky Research
Extra Information Written for Aleksandr Ostrovsky's musical drama of the same name, subtitled a 'legend of springtime'.
Vocal score also arranged by Tchaikovsky, 1873.
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