All-Night vigil .-
Bogoroditse Dewo / Gottgebärerin, Jungfrau / Thou Who Bore Our Lord
(1915)
op. 37,6
Edition
Ref. :
C8240
(4 p.)
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Church Slavonic
+ adapted in
German
; English
Epoque:
20th century
(1910-1919)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Prayer ; Orthodox liturgical hymn ; Orthodox song ; troparium
Mood of the piece:
beautiful ; tender ; prayerful ; gentle ; andante
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
F major
Duration:
3.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Orthodox liturgy ; Vespers ; Marian Feasts ; All-night Vigil (Orthodox)
Musicological Sources:
"The present edition is based on the first edition of Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil,' published in 1915 (Moscow-Petrograd: Rossiyskoye Muzïkal'noye Izdatel'stvo)."
Source of text:
Slavonic church lyrics: from Vesper, Troparion to the Blessed Virgin Mary ; German lyrics: Pavel Brochin ; English lyrics: Christopher Inman