Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom .- The little litany (1910)

op.31,2

( Ghóspodi, pomíluy )

Rachmaninov, Sergeï Vassilievitch (1873-1943) [ Russia ]

Edition
Published by Musica Russica [USA] , 1991
Ref. : Ra003  (1 p.) , "Monuments of Russian sacred music"
Editor or author of the restitution: Morosan, Vladimir
Type of material: Choral score with piano for rehearsal only
Other titles on the same score: Blagosloví, dushé
 
Description
Text in: Church Slavonic + adapted in transliteration
Epoque: 20th century  (1900-1949)
Genre-Style-Form: Liturgy ; Response
Mood of the piece: prayerful
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 1
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): A
Tonality: G minor
Duration: 0.5 min.
Liturgical Use: Kyrie
Musicological Sources: "The little litany" follows "Blagosloví, dushé" in this publication ; This edition based on the first edition published in 1910 (Moscow: A. Gutheil)
Source of text: Traditional response
Comment(s): Octavo offprint from collection; edition contains original text in Cyrillic and phonetic transliteration; English translation is also provided; but not underlaid in music; diction instruction tape available from the publisher.
 

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