Khovanshchina (Lamm-Shostakovich edition), Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky : Khovanshchina (Lamm-Shostakovich edition)

Work Notes	available in the USA, Canada and Mexico only
Publisher	Hans Sikorski/Schirmer (1976)
Category	Opera and Music Theatre
Year Composed	1886
Arranger / Editor	ed. by Lamm-Shostakovich
Chorus	SATB chorus; ballet
Solo Instrument(s)	6 Basses, 6 Tenors, Baritone, Alto, 2 Sopranos
Orchestration	3322/4231/timp.perc/pf.cel.2hp/str; stage band: 2hn, 3tpt, 3tbn
Languages	Russian
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Programme Note

Synopsis:
The opera is set in and near Moscow during Peter the Great’s reforms at the end of the 17th century. The story concerns the struggle between Old Russia, the Sectarians (Old Believers) and Peter the Great’s New Russia.

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