Sorochinsky Fair (Mussorgsky, Modest)

Title Sorochyntsi Fair
Alternative title Сорочинская ярмарка ; The Fair at Sorochyntsi
Creators Modest Mussorgsky, composer
Opus
Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Composed 1874
First published 1916
Dedication
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Average duration (sec) 6000
Number of measures
Composition types Operas
Language Russian
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Selections piano
View Introduction piano 4 hands Anatoly Lyadov
Konstantin Chernov
View Gopak theater orchestra Leopold Weninger
View Gopak horn, trumpet and euphonium Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
View Gopak violin, cello and piano Sergei Rachmaninoff
View Gopak violin and piano Arthur Walter Kramer
View Gopak accordion
View Gopak piano
View Gopak piano Sergei Rachmaninoff
View Gritsko's Aria from Act 1 clarinet and piano
View Khivrya's Aria trumpet and piano
cornet and piano

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Completion by Nikolay Tcherepnin Bessel 1924 Complete Score
View Selections by Anatoly Lyadov Bessel 1909 Complete Score
View Selections by Anatoly Lyadov Manuscript Complete Score
View Completion by Nikolay Tcherepnin parts Bessel 1924 Flute 1
Flute 2
Flute 3/Piccolo
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
English Horn
Clarinet 1 (A/B)
Clarinet 2 (A/B)
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Horn 1 (F)
Horn 2 (F)
Horn 3 (F)
Horn 4 (F)
Trumpet 1 (C)
Trumpet 2 (C)
Trumpet 3 (C)
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion
Piano
Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Selections by Anatoly Lyadov parts Bessel 1909 Piccolo, Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/2, English Horn
Clarinet 1/2 (A)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F)
Trumpet 1/2 (B)
Trombone 1/2, 3/Tuba
Timpani
Tambourine, Triangle
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Selections by Anatoly Lyadov parts Bessel 1909 Piccolo, Flute 1/2
Oboe 1/2
Clarinet 1/2 (A)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F)
Trumpet 1/2 (B)
Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba
Timpani
Tambourine, Triangle
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Completion by César Cui vocal score Bessel 1916 Complete Score
Preliminaries, Introduction, Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
View Completion by Vissarion Shebalin vocal score Muzgiz 1982 Complete Score
View Complete selections,vocal score Muzgiz 1933 Gritsko's Song (Act 1)
Parasya's Dumka (Act 3)
View Complete Arrangement for piano; selections Fair Scene; Gopak (early and later version)
View Introduction Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Anatoly Lyadov
Konstantin Chernov

Bessel 1909 Complete Score
View Gopak Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Leopold Weninger
D. Rahter 1929 Condensed Score and Parts
View Gopak Arrangement for horn, trumpet and euphonium
by Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt 2017 Complete Score and Parts
View Gopak Arrangement for violin, cello and piano
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Carl Fischer 1926 Complete Score
View Gopak Arrangement for violin and piano
by Arthur Walter Kramer
Schirmer Complete Score
Violin Part
View Gopak Arrangement for accordion Muzgiz Complete Score
View Gopak Arrangement for piano Schott Complete Score (later version)
View Gopak Arrangement for piano Muzgiz Complete Score (later version)
View Gopak Arrangement for piano Anton J. Benjamin 1925 Complete Score
View Gopak Arrangement for piano
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Carl Fischer 1924 Concert Transcription
View Gopak Arrangement for piano
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Muzgiz 1971 Concert Transcription
View Gritsko's Aria from Act 1 Arrangement for clarinet and piano Muzgiz Complete Score
View Khivrya's Aria Arrangement for trumpet and piano
cornet and piano
Muzgiz Complete Score

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