Prisoner of the Caucasus (Cui, César)

Title Prisoner of the Caucasus
Alternative title The Prisoner in the Caucasus ; Кавказский пленник ; Le prisonnier du Caucase
Creators César Cui, composer
Viktor Krylov, librettist
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Instrumentation voices, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements 3
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Composed 1857
First published 1882
Dedication
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Composition types Operas, Librettos
Language Russian
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Overture piano 4 hands Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova
View Overture piano Georgy Dütsch
View Circassian Dances (Act III, No.18) piano Georgy Dütsch
View Circassian Dances (Act III, No.18) piano

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Overture Bessel 1870 Complete Score
View Circassian Dances (Act III, No.18) Complete Score
Color cover
View Circassian Dances (Act III, No.18) No.18. Title page
No.18a. Women's Dance
No.18b. Men's Dance (Lezginka)
View 1882 edition (Russian) vocal score Title page and preliminaries
Overture, arr. for piano 4-hands
Act I, No.1: Eastern Prayer
Act I, No.2: Duet of Fatima and Her Father
Act I, No.3: Aria of Fatima
Act I, No.4: Chorus of Circassians Returning from a Raid
Act I, No.5: Quartet
Act I, No.6: Aria of the Prisoner
Act I, No.7: Duet of Fatima and the Prisoner
Act I, No.8: Finale I (aria of Kazenbek with chorus)
View 1882 edition (Russian) vocal score Act II, No.9: Introduction and Women's Little Chorus
Act II, No.10: Recitative Scene and Arioso of Mariam
Act II, No.11: Duet of Fekherdin and Kazenbek
Act II, No.12: Duettino of Fatima and Mariam,
Little Chorus of Abubeker's Friends

Act II, No 13: Aria of Abubeker
Act II, No.14: Duettino of Abubeker and Fatima
Act II, No 15: Chorus (with gifts)
Act II, No.16: Finale II (sextet with chorus)
View 1882 edition (Russian) vocal score Act III, No.17: Festive Chorus
Act III, No.18: Dances [Recitative]
Act III, No.18a: [Women's Dance], arr. piano 4-hands
Act III, No.18b: [Men's Dance], arr. piano 4-hands
Act III, No.19: Circassian Song
Act III, No.20: Recitative Scene, Duet of Abubeker and Fatima
Act III, No.21: Cavatina of the Prisoner
Act III, No.22: Duet of the Prisoner and Fatima
Act III, No.23: Finale
View 1885 edition (French) vocal score Complete Score
Preliminaries and Overture
Act I
Act II
Act III
View Complete Bessel 1882 Complete Libretto (Russian, 1882 edition)
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova
Bessel 1870 Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Georgy Dütsch
Title page and preliminaries (alternate scan, single pages)
Overture, arranged for piano solo
View Circassian Dances (Act III, No.18) Arrangement for piano
by Georgy Dütsch
Title page
No.18b. [Men's] Dance
View Circassian Dances (Act III, No.18) Arrangement for piano No.18a. [Women's Dance]
No.18b. [Men's Dance]

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