Composition: A Life for the Tsar (Glinka, Mikhail)
| Title | A Life for the Tsar |
| Alternative title | Ivan Susanin |
| Creators | Mikhail Glinka (composer) and Egor Rosen (librettist) and Vladimir Sollogub (librettist) and Vasily Zhukovsky (librettist) |
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1836 |
| First published | 1857 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Operas |
| Language | Russian |
| Period | Romantic |
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| Code |  |
Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | piano | — |
| view | Mazurka | piano | Archibald Martin Henderson |
| view | Song of the Orphans | cello and piano | Norbert Salter |
| view | Song of the Orphans | — | Andrei Sychra |
| view | Andante tranquillo and Allegro | organ | Harvey B. Gaul |
| view | How Mother was Killed (Act III No.10) | 2 guitars | Vladimir Morkov |
| view | Epilogue | piano | — |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Original version | — | P. Jurgenson | 1904 | Complete Score · view Complete Score (cleaned and straightened) · view |
| view | Soviet version (Ivan Susanin) | — | Muzgiz | 1965 | Complete Score · view Title, (partial) Contents, Orchestral Instruments · view Overture · view Act I Nos.1–3 · view Act I No.4. Scena terzetto e Coro · view Act II No.5. Polacca · view Act II Nos.6a .. 6b · view Act II No.7. Finale · view Act III Nos.8 .. 11 · view Act III No.12. Quartetto · view Act III Nos.13 .. 15 · view Act III No.16. Finale · view Act IV No.17. Antract · view Act IV Nos.18a .. 18b · view Act IV No.19. Scena e Coro · view Act IV Nos.20a .. 20b · view Epilogue Nos.21 .. 23 · view Appendix. Overture to an early edition · view Appendix. Passo a due, Passo a tre · view Appendix (remainder) · view |
| view | Overture | — | Schott | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Overture | — | Eulenburg | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Krakowiak (Act II, No.6) | — | P. Jurgenson | 1904 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Waltz (Act II, No.7) | — | P. Jurgenson | 1904 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Overture | parts | Schott | — | Flute 1, 2 · view Oboe 1, 2 · view Clarinet 1, 2 (B) · view Bassoon 1, 2 · view Horn 1, 2 (B, C), 3, 4 (G) · view Trumpet 1, 2 (C) · view Trombone 1, 2, 3 (alto, tenor bass clefs) · view Timpani · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos I / II · view Basses · view |
| view | Overture | parts | Schott | — | Cellos 3/4 (1st page only) · view |
| view | Polacca (Act II, No.5) | parts | — | — | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Krakowiak (Act II, No.6) | parts | P. Jurgenson | 1904 | Flute 1, 2 · view Oboe 1, 2 · view Clarinet 1, 2 (B) · view Bassoon 1, 2 · view Horn 1, 2 (G), 3, 4 (C) · view Trumpet 1, 2 (C) · view Trombone 1, 2, 3 · view Timpani · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Waltz (Act II, No.7) | parts | P. Jurgenson | 1904 | Flute 1, 2 · view Oboe 1, 2 · view Clarinet 1, 2 (A) · view Bassoon 1, 2 · view Horn 1, 2 (A), 3, 4 (D) · view Trumpet 1, 2 (E) · view Trombone 1, 2, 3 · view Timpani · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Original version | — | Gutheil | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Original version | — | P. Jurgenson | — | Complete Score · view Title, Contents, Overture · view Act I · view Act II · view Act III · view Act IV · view Act V · view |
| view | Soviet Version (Ivan Susanin) | — | Muzgiz | — | Title and Contents · view Overture · view Act I · view Act II · view Act III · view Act IV · view Epilogue · view Appendix · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | F.T. Stellovsky | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Muzgiz | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Mazurka | Arrangement for piano |
Bayley & Ferguson | 1916 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Song of the Orphans | Arrangement for cello and piano |
Breitkopf und Härtel | 1896 | Complete Score · view Cello Part · view |
| view | Song of the Orphans | Arrangement |
A. M. Afromeev | 1909 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Andante tranquillo and Allegro | Arrangement for organ |
Schirmer | 1913 | Complete Score · view |
| view | How Mother was Killed (Act III No.10) | Arrangement for 2 guitars |
A. M. Afromeev | 1907 | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Epilogue | Arrangement for piano | Muzgiz | 1958 | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
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