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Evening

Вечер

For unaccompanied voices, G major (?1871).

• Text by 'NN' [composer?].
• Composed by June 1871; revised by 1881.
• Scored for unaccompanied SSA chorus(?) (1st version) or TTB chorus (2nd version).
• Average duration: 3m 30s.

History

The first version of this chorus was probably commissioned by Karl Albrecht for his Handbook of Choral Singing [1], which was approved for publication by the state censor on 3 June 1871. No other information survives concerning the origins of the piece.

The second version of the chorus, for 3-part male choir, was probably prepared for another collection of choruses by Karl Albrecht [2], which was approved for publication on 13 December 1881.

From: The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 230
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston

Notes:

1. K. K. Albrecht, Руководство к хоровому пению по цифирной методе Шеве, преимущество для народных школ, вып. 2 (Moscow, 1872): 29 [back]
2. K. K. Albrecht, Сборник хоров для мужских голосов, отд. 2, вып.1 (No. 4) (Moscow, 1881) [back]