Tsar's Bride Overture, The

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. A.A. Harding)

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General Info

Year: 1899 / 1954
Duration: c. 5:35
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $225.00

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Instrumentation

Full Score
Condensed Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Tsar's Bride is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the composer's tenth opera. The libretto, by Ilia Tyumenev, is based on the drama of the same name by Lev Mey. Mey's play was first suggested to the composer as an opera subject in 1868 by Mily Balakirev. However, the opera was not composed until thirty years later, in 1898. The first performance of the opera took place in 1899 at the Moscow theater of the Private Opera of S.I. Mamontov.

The Tsar's Bride is a repertory opera in Russia, although it is not part of the standard operatic repertoire in the West.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

• Alabama: Class A
• Kansas: V
• Maryland: IV
• Tennessee: VI

Performances

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• University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Ensemble (Chad R. Nicholson, conductor) - 4 December 2021

Resources

• Rimsky-Korsakov, N.; Harding, A. (1954). The Tsar's Bride Overture [score]. Neil A. Kjos Music Co.: Chicago, Ill.
• The Tsar's Bride (opera). Wikipedia Accessed 4 December 2021