Instrumentovki "Pesnʹ o blokhe" M. Musorgskogo, "Pesnʹ o blokhe" L. Betkhovena / Igorʹ Stravinskiĭ ; publikat͡sii͡a i issledovanie Arkadii͡a Klimovit͡skogo = Orchestrations of The song of the flea, by Modest Mussorgsky, The song of the flea, by Ludwig van Beethoven / Igor Stravinsky ; publication and commentary by Arkady Klimovitsky.

Format:

• Musical score

Author/Creator:

• Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.

Contributor:

• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, arranger of music.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
• Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich, 1873-1938, performer.
• Godzinsky, George de, 1914-1994, performer.
• Pitt, Percy, 1870-1932, conductor.
• Goossens, Eugene, 1893-1962, conductor.
• Klimovit︠s︡kiĭ, A. I. (Arkadiĭ Iosifovich)
• Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

• Pesni͡a o blokhe; arranged Polyglot

Language:

• English
• French
• German
• Russian

Subjects (All):

• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
• Songs (Low voice) with orchestra, Arranged--Scores.
• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Musical settings.
• Music--Manuscripts--Facsimiles.
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971--Manuscripts--Facsimiles.
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971--Criticism and interpretation.
• Songs (Low voice) with piano.
• Songs (Low voice) with orchestra.
• Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

• Manuscripts.
• Facsimiles.
• Musical settings.
• Sound recordings.
• Songs.
• Scores.

Physical Description:

• 1 score (387 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles ; 35 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
• 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

• Orchestrations of The song of the flea, by Modest Mussorgsky, The song of the flea, by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Orchestrations of Beethoven's and Mussorgsky's "Song of the flea"

Place of Publication:

Sankt-Peterburg : Izd-vo "Muzykalʹnai͡a shkola" : Rossiĭskiĭ in-t istorii iskusstv, 2003.

Language Note:

Words, from Goethe's Faust, in Russian translation and with the original German text, also with French and English translations (1st work); commentary in Russian and English.

System Details:

• 1.4 m/s
• digital recording

Notes:

• Originally for voice and piano.
• Includes facsims. of Stravinsky's autograph scores, first publications of the orchestrations, and eds. of the original songs.
• CD comprises 3 performances of Song of the flea, sung in Russian by Feodor Chaliapin, bass; with Georgy Godzinsky, piano, recorded Feb. 6, 1936, Tokyo; and with orchestras conducted by Percy Pitt and Eugene Goossens, recorded in London, Oct. 10, 1921 and May 20, 1926, respectively.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Contains:

• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Gesänge, op. 75. Aus Goethes Faust
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Gesänge, op. 75. Aus Goethes Faust; arranged. Russian & German.
• Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Pesni͡a o blokhe; arranged.

ISBN:

5950005716

OCLC:

52863778

Online:

The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page