Record ID
113881
Creator
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.
Object title
Boris Godunov : opera v 4kh di︠e︡istvīi︠a︡kh s prologom / sochinenīe M.P. Musorgskago ; polnoe perelozhenīe (so vkli︠u︡chenīem st︠s︡en ne predpolagaemykh k postanovki︠e︡ na st︠s︡eni︠e︡) dli︠a︡ fortepʹi︠a︡no s pi︠e︡nīem.
Uniform title
Boris Godunov. Vocal score
Published
St. Peterburg : U V. Besseli︠a︡ i Ko., [1881?]
Notes
Russian words only.
Libretto by the composer based on the play by Pushkin.
First performed in its entirety at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg on 8 February 1874.
Engraved.
First ed., 2nd issue.
The Library's is the only known engraved copy of this issue; a gold crown and the initials "AN" stamped in gold on p. [1] of cover and on the spine may indicate that it belonged to Tsar Alexander [Nikolaivich] II.
Many pages have numbers--some consecutive, some apparently random--in the bottom left or right corner of the plate.
Libretto by the composer based on the play by Pushkin.
First performed in its entirety at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg on 8 February 1874.
Engraved.
First ed., 2nd issue.
The Library's is the only known engraved copy of this issue; a gold crown and the initials "AN" stamped in gold on p. [1] of cover and on the spine may indicate that it belonged to Tsar Alexander [Nikolaivich] II.
Many pages have numbers--some consecutive, some apparently random--in the bottom left or right corner of the plate.
Associated names
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837. Boris Godunov.
Bessel', Vasilīĭ Vasil'evich, 1842 or 3-1907, publisher.
Bessel', Vasilīĭ Vasil'evich, 1842 or 3-1907, publisher.
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