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Gaudeamus Igitur

Будем веселы, друзья

Student song, arranged for male chorus with piano accompaniment (1874).

Catalogue References TH 187 ; ČW 413
Date 187
Text Nikolai Vasil'evich Bugaev (1837–1903), translated from the Latin
Language Russian
Key D major
Tempo/Section Listing Moderato (D major, 13 bars)
Instrumentation Chorus (TTBB) + Piano
Autograph Location Moscow (Russia): Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture (ф. 88, No. 127)
First Publication Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1874 (under the pseudonym "B. L.")

History

In 1874, Petr Jurgenson published the choral score (under the pseudonym “B. L.”) [1]. No other information concerning this arrangement has survived.

From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), p. 488
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston


Notes:
  1. "B. L." (in Russian: «Б. Л.») was a pseudonym normally used by Tchaikovsky when writing newspaper articles [back]

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