Beznevestnaia Devo / O Virgin Unwedded

Titov, Vasilii Polikarpovich (1650?-1715?) [ Russia ]

Edition
Published by Musica Russica [USA] , 1991 ; in One Thousand Years of Russian Church Music, 988-1988, ser. I, vol. 1 (832 p.)
Ref. : V1-35  (14 p.)
Type of material: Choral score with piano for rehearsal only
 
Description
Text in: Church Slavonic + adapted in transliteration
Epoque: 17th century
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Orthodox liturgical hymn ; Baroque ; Orthodox song
Mood of the piece: solemn ; prayerful
Type of Choir: SATB + SATB  (8 double choir OR mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 4
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: A minor
Duration: 3.0 min.
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.