Vesper-Gesänge .- Blagosloven esi, Gospodi / Blessed art Thou, O Lord. (1915)
op.37,9
Rachmaninov, Sergeï Vassilievitch (1873-1943) [ Russia ]
Edition
Published by
Musica Russica
[USA]
, 1994
; in Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Complete Sacred Choral Works
(350 p.)
Ref. :
Ra031
(16 p.)
Type of material:
Choral score with piano for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Church Slavonic
+ adapted in
transliteration
Epoque:
19th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Orthodox liturgical hymn ; Orthodox song ; troparium
Mood of the piece:
solemn ; prayerful
Type of Choir:
SSAATTBB (12 mixed voices )
Soloist(s):
Ténor (1) (1 soloist(s))
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
D minor
Duration:
3.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Matins ; Vespers
Source of text:
original Russian first edition
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.
