Composition: The Snow Maiden (suite) (Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay)
| Title | The Snow Maiden (suite) |
| Creators | Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (composer) |
| Opus | — |
| Instrumentation | orchestra |
| Number of movements | 4 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1895 |
| First published | 1895 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Suites |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Introduction "Le beau printemps" (tableau) | — | — | — |
| 2. "La danse des oiseaux" (le choeur ad libitum) | — | — | — |
| 3. Le cortège du roi (fabuleux) Bérendei | — | — | — |
| 4. Le danse des bouffons | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | piano 4 hands | Alexis de Dreyer |
| view | Le danse des bouffons (No.4) | concert band | David M. Sampson |
| view | Le danse des bouffons (No.4) | horn, trumpet and euphonium | Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File (click to view) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Bessel | 1895 | Complete score Color cover |
| view | Complete | — | Bessel | 1895 | Complete Score |
| view | Complete | parts | Bessel | 1895 | Piccolo, Flute 1, 2 Oboe 1, 2/English Horn Clarinet 1, 2 (A/B) Bassoon 1, 2 Horn 1, 2, 3, 4 (F) Trumpet 1, 2 (B) Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba Timpani Bass Drum/Cymbals/Triangle/Tambourine/Tam-Tam Violins I Violins II Violas Cellos Basses |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano 4 hands |
Bessel | 1895 | Complete score |
| view | Le danse des bouffons (No.4) | Arrangement for concert band |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts |
| view | Le danse des bouffons (No.4) | Arrangement for horn, trumpet and euphonium |
Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt | 2013 | Complete Score |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | — | Ernest Ansermet (conductor) | — | Danse des bouffons | |
| view | Synthesized | Le danse des bouffons (No.4) | For Concert Band (Sampson) | Synthesized Performance |
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