Tsar's Bride Overture, The

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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

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

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

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, including:

Bass Drum
Crash Cymbals
Marimba
Snare Drum
Triangle
Xylophone

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

Works for Winds by This Composer

Bolero for Band
Capriccio Espagnol (tr. Courtain) (1887/1959)
Capriccio Espagnol (tr. Hindsley) (1887)
Capriccio Espagnol (arr. Williams) (1887/1993)
Capriccio Espagnol (arr. Winterbottom) (1887/1923)
Capriccio Espagnole (arr. Nefs) (1887/2015)
Concerto for B-flat Clarinet and Wind Orchestra (ed. Seely) (1878/2000)
Concerto for Trombone and American Band (arr. Nallin) (1877/1952-1953)
Concerto for Trombone and Military Band (ed. Makarov) (1877/1950)
Concerto for Trombone and Military Band (ed. McAlister) (1877/1981)
Concertstück in Eb for Clarinet and Military Band (adapt. Piket) (1878/1981)
Cortege from "Mlada" (1890)
Dance of the Buffoons (tr. Sartorius) (1882/1935)
Dance of the Tumblers (arr. Balent) (1882/2000)
Dance of the Tumblers (arr. Curnow) (1882/2012)
Dance of the Tumbers (arr. Vosbein) (1882/1991)
Dubinuska (tr. Schreurs) (1906/2018)
Fanfare, Canto and Fandango (arr. Custer) (1887/1996)
Festival at Baghdad (arr. Winterbottom) (1888/1912)
Festival at Baghdad. See also: Scheherazade
Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Davis) (1900/1978)
Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Murtha) (1900/)
The Golden Cockerel (arr. Lake) (1922)
Mlada Suite (arr. Glocke) (1890)
Notturno (ed. King) (1888/1957/2001)
Polonaise (arr. McLain) (1895/2017)
Polonaise (arr. Duthoit) (1895/1937)
Polonaise from "Pan Voyevoda" (arr. Bourgeois) (1903/2013)
Procession of the Nobles (arr. Bocook)
Procession of the Nobles (arr. Leidzen)
Quintet in B-flat major (1876)
Quintet in B-flat major (ed. Kirkor) (1876/1951)
Russian Easter Overture (tr. Johnson) (1888/2013)
Russian Easter Overture (arr. Bocook) (1888/2000)
Russian Easter Overture (arr. Erickson) (1888/1994)
Russian Easter Overture (arr. Harnsberger) (1888/2005)
Russian Easter Overture (arr. Kasama) (1888/)
Scheherazade (tr. Bocook) (1888/2006)
Scheherazade (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
- Scheherazade I The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
- Scheherazade II The Story of the Kalandar Prince (tr. Hindsley) (1888/1986)
- Scheherazade III The Young Prince and Princess (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
- Scheherazade IV Festival at Baghdad (tr. Hindsley) (1888/197-?)
Scheherazade (arr. Mortimer) (1888/2000)
Scheherazade (tr. Patterson) (1888/)
Scheherazade Selections (arr. Harnsberger) (1888/2009)
A Song of India (arr. Lake) (1896/1920)
Song of India (arr. van der Beek) (1896/2008)
Song of India (arr. Hautvast) (1896/2017)
Suite from "Le Coq D'or" (arr. Hanna)
Symphony No. 2 (tr. Southard) (1868/2015)
The Tsar's Bride Overture (tr. Harding) (1899/1954)
The Tsar's Farewell (arr. Reed) (2001)
Variations on a Theme of Glinka (ed. McAlister) (1878/1987)
Wedding March from The Golden Cockerel (tr. Harding) (1957)

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