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 |
IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
(downloadable score) The
Lied and Art Songs Text Page
(texts and translations) |
History
Composed in Saint Petersburg 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
from 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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