THE NORTH STAR (SEVERNAYA ZVEZDA) (Mikhail Glinka)

Composer: Glinka, Mikhail

Alternative Title: Романс СЕВЕРНАЯ ЗВЕЗДА / Свадебная песня (Слова: Евдокия Ростопчина, муз.: Михаил Глинка)

Publisher Information: M. Glinka. Selected romances. For Voice and Piano. Kiev “Muzychna Ukrayina” 1985

Year/Date of Composition: 1839

Language: Русский

Composer time period: Romantic period

Key signature: D major

Instrumentation: For Voice and Piano

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

THE NORTH STAR (SEVERNAYA ZVEZDA) (Mikhail Glinka). The romance The North Star was written in case for the wedding of the eldest daughter of Nicholas I, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, who in 1839 married Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg. The subtitle of the romance is The Wedding Song.

Tempo: Andante maestoso

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