Category Archives: Ballad

A ballad is any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental, dramatic, funny, or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody

SCOTTISH BALLAD (SHOTLANDSKAYA BALLADA), Op.46, No.2 (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)

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  • Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
  • Alternative-Title: ШЕСТЬ ДУЭТОВ: Соч.46 №2 - Шотландская Баллада (Чайковский, Пётр Ильич). Слова: Толстой, Алексей Константинович. Посвящено Татьяне Львовне Давыдовой.
  • Opus/Catalogue-Number: Op.46, №2 SIX DUETS
  • Publisher-Information: 150th Birth Anniversary P. Tchaikovsky. SIX DUETS FOR SINGING WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT Moscow “Musyka”
  • Year/Date-of-Composition: 1880
  • Language: Русский
  • Composer-time-period: Romantic period
  • First-Publication: 1881
  • Copyright-Information: Public Domain
  • Key-signature: A minor
  • Instrumentation: For Voice and Piano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (April 25, 1840 – October 25, 1893)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (April 25, 1840 – October 25, 1893)

 

SCOTTISH BALLAD (SHOTLANDSKAYA BALLADA), Op.46, No.2 (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky). Words by A.K. Tolstoy.

Tempo: Allegro agitate, ma non troppo

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RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA. Finn’s Ballad (Mikhail Glinka)

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  • Composer: Glinka, Mikhail
  • Alternative-Title: опера РУСЛАН И ЛЮДМИЛА: №5 Баллада Финна (Михаил Глинка)
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  • Publisher-Information: M. GLINKA. RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA. Fairy opera in five Acts. Libretto by V. Shirkov and M. Glinka. After a poem by A. Pushkin. Vocal Score. State Publishers “Music" Moscow 1979
  • Year/Date-of-Composition: 1837 - 1842
  • Language: Русский
  • Composer-time-period: Romantic period
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  • Copyright-Information: Public Domain
  • Key-signature: D minor
  • Instrumentation: For Voice and Piano

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (June 1, 1804 – February 15, 1857)

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (June 1, 1804 – February 15, 1857)

 

RUSLAN AND LYUDMILA. Finn’s Ballad (Mikhail Glinka).

Tempo: Moderato assai maestoso

ROLES:
SVETOZAR, Grand Prince of Kiev – Bass
LYUDMILA, his daughter – Soprano
RUSLAN, a Kievan knight, Lyudmila’s fiancé – Baritone
RATMIR, a Khazar prince – Contralto
FARLAF, a Varangian prince – Bass
GORISLAVA, Ratmir’s slave – Soprano
FINN, a good sorcerer – Tenor
NAINA, an evil sorceress – Mezzo-soprano
BAYAN, bard – Tenor
CHERNOMOR, an evil sorcerer, dwarf – Mime

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THE SEA (MOR’YE) (Alexander Borodin)

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  • Composer: Borodin, Alexander
  • Alternative-Title: МОРЕ (Баллада, Третье изложение) (Александр Бородин)
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  • Publisher-Information: Alexander Borodin. Romances. For Voice and Piano.
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  • Language: Русский
  • Composer-time-period: Romantic period
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  • Copyright-Information: Public Domain
  • Key-signature: B major
  • Instrumentation: For Voice and Piano

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887)

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887)

 

THE SEA (MOR’YE) (Alexander Borodin). Ballad (Third presentation). Dedicated to Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov.

Tempo: Allegro tempestuoso

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