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A Choral Conductor’s Guide to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Moscow” Coronation Cantata

Spriggs, Olga A
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6743-010X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439307279

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2015, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Conducting, Choral Emphasis.
This document provides a guide to the rarely performed “Moscow” Coronation Cantata of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-93) as well as a new choral score with transliterated 1886 text by Apollon Maikov. It draws attention to the musical style of the Cantata, providing insight into the development of the thematic material. It compares the Cantata to Tchaikovsky’s previous compositions such as the 1812 Overture and it explores the link between this work, Mikhail Glinka’s A Life for a Tsar, and Alexei Lvov’s Russian Hymn for the Tsar. Additionally, the document illuminates how the Cantata aided the composer financially in the long run and the impact it left on his own compositions that followed. The document addresses the two text versions found in editions of the Cantata and provides a textual guide to teaching and performing the work. The document culminates with a piano/vocal edition of the Cantata with transliterated text by Apollon Maikov.
L. Scott, D.M.A. (Committee Chair)
Kenneth Griffiths, M.M. (Committee Member)
Earl Rivers, D.M.A. (Committee Member)
142 p.
Music
Tchaikovsky; Moscow Cantata; choral; Transliteration; Coronation Cantata

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  • Spriggs, O. A. (2015). A Choral Conductor’s Guide to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Moscow” Coronation Cantata [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439307279

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Spriggs, Olga. A Choral Conductor’s Guide to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Moscow” Coronation Cantata. 2015. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439307279.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Spriggs, Olga. "A Choral Conductor’s Guide to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Moscow” Coronation Cantata." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1439307279

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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