O Presviataia Marie Devitse / O Most Holy Maiden Mary
Slavinetsky, Yepifani [ Russia ]
Edition
Published by
Musica Russica
[USA]
, 1991
; in One Thousand Years of Russian Sacred Music:
(832 p.)
Ref. :
V1-28
(7 p.)
Type of material:
Choral score with piano for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Russian
+ adapted in
transliteration
Epoque:
17th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred song ; Orthodox song ; Sacred
Mood of the piece:
solemn ; prayerful
Type of Choir:
TTBB (4 men voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
D minor
Duration:
100.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Marian Feasts
Number of verses:
9
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.
