Songs and Dances of Death (A-flat, E-flat minor, D minor, C minor)
by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Medium Voice - Sheet Music

2(2nd dPicc).2.2(2nd dBCl).2(2nd dCBsn): 4.2.3.1: Timp.Perc(3): Hp: Str(9-8-7-6-5 in set): Solo [Voice] (Medium)

SKU: AP.36-A711801

Arranged by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky and ed./arr. by Dmitri Shostakovich/ Text by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov. Medium Voice, Orchestra Accompaniment, Conductor Score. Kalmus Vocal Library. Score. LudwigMasters Publications #36-A711801. Published by LudwigMasters Publications (AP.36-A711801).

ISBN 9798892702171. UPC: 659359896613. English.

Songs and Dances of Death (Pesni i plyaski smerti), composed in the mid-1870s, is widely considered the finest song cycle by Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881). The composer selected four poems penned by his distant cousin, Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, each depicting death as a personified agent of relief from affliction. Mussorgsky passed away before completing a full orchestral version of the work. This version, scored by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1962, was written for Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, to whom he dedicated it. Reprint edition. Movements: 1. Lullaby/Berceuse [Wiegenlied]; 2. Serenade [Wiegenlied/Ständchen]; 3. Trepak [Tanzlied]; 4. Field Marshal [Der feldherr/Feldherr tod].

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