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A Greeting to A. G. Rubinstein

Привет А. Г. Рубинштейну

For his 50th year as an artist, C major (1889).

  • Text by Iakov Polonskii, from his verses Greetings to you, our brother [Привет тебе, наш брат] (1889).
  • Composed September 1889.
  • Scored for unaccompanied SATB chorus.
  • First performed in Saint Petersburg, 18/30 November 1889, conducted by Tchaikovsky.
  • Dedicated to Anton Rubinstein.
  • Average duration: 3m.

History

Composed in Saint Petersburg in September (between 20th-30th) between 1889, at the request of the jubilee committee for Anton Rubinstein's 50th anniversary as an artist, to a text specially commissioned by Iakov Polonskii [1].

On 4 October 1889, Anton Gerke wrote to Tchaikovsky: "Could P. I. Jurgenson be entrusted with the printing of the full score and parts of your salutation chorus?" [2], and on 1 November he reported: "Jurgenson is printing your chorus" [3].

The first performance took place at the gala jubilee celebrations in the Nobles' Club on 18/30 November 1889 in Saint Petersburg.

The choral score and parts of the chorus were published by Petr Jurgenson in November 1889 [4].

From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), pp. 357-358
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston

Notes:
  1. Letters from Avgust Gerke to Tchaikovsky, 1/13 August, 12/24 August and 7/19 September 1889 - Klin House-Museum Archive [back]
  2. Letter from Avgust Gerke to Tchaikovsky, 4/16 October 1889 [back]
  3. Letter from Avgust Gerke to Tchaikovsky, 1/13 November 1889 [back]
  4. Passed by the censor on 4/16 November 1889 [back]