A Greeting to A. G. Rubinstein
Привет А. Г. Рубинштейну
For his 50th year as an artist (1889).
| Catalogue References: |
TH 86 ;
ČW 72 (as "Greeting to Anton
Grigor'evič Rubinštejn"). |
| Date: |
September 1889. |
| Text: |
Iakov Petrovich Polonskii (1819–1898), from his verses Greetings
to You, Our Brother (Привет тебе, наш брат) (1889). |
| Language: |
Russian. |
| Key: |
C major. |
| Tempo/Section Listing: |
Allegro moderato (C major, 92 bars). |
| Instrumentation: |
Chorus (SATB). |
| First Performance: |
Saint Petersburg,
18/30 November 1889, conducted by Tchaikovsky. |
| Autograph Location: |
Lost. |
| First Publication: |
Moscow:
P. Jurgenson, 1889. |
| Average Duration: |
3 minutes. |
| Dedication: |
Anton Grigor'evich
Rubinstein (1829–1894). |
| External Links: |
Internet Music Score Library Project
(downloadable score).
The
Lied and Art Songs Text Page
(texts and translations). |
History
Composed in Saint Petersburg
in between 20 September/2 October and 30 September/12 October 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 4/16 October 1889, Avgust
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 1/13
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:
- Letters from
Avgust Gerke to Tchaikovsky,
1/13 August, 12/24 August and 7/19 September 1889 —
Klin House-Museum Archive
[back]
- Letter from
Avgust Gerke to Tchaikovsky,
4/16 October 1889 [back]
- Letter from
Avgust Gerke to Tchaikovsky,
1/13 November 1889 [back]
- Passed by the censor on 4/16 November 1889
[back]
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