O Tebe raduestsia / All of Creation
Turchaninov, Pyotr Ivanovich (1779-1856) [ 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. :
V1-66
(9 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
Mood of the piece:
solemn ; prayerful
Type of Choir:
SATB (6 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
F major
Duration:
3.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Orthodox liturgy
Source of text:
based on Russian Greek Chant melody, drawn from the square-note chant books of the Russian Orthodox church ; 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.
