List of works by Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
The composer Nikolai Jakowlewitsch Mjaskowski published his compositions under the opus numbers 1 to 87, about 40 works without an opus number and 10 arrangements of works by other composers are known. The list here is based on the list by S. Gulinskaja, Onno van Rijen and the official Mjaskowski website.
The sources are sorted as follows: Onno van Rijen assigns the works without an opus number and the arrangements of works by other composers to contemporary works as an addition (e.g. 6A), the early works are summarized under Opus 0. The list below is based on this sorting. Gulinskaja uses numbering from 1 to 40 for the works without an opus number, the arrangements of works by other composers are listed under numbers 1 to 10. These designations are given in brackets after the opus number in the list below. The official Mjaskowski website does not use numbering for works without an opus number, the arrangements of works by other composers are listed under T1 to T10. These designations are given in brackets after the opus number in the list below. Works that are only included in this list are included in the list below without an opus number.
Overview
Mjaskowski's opus includes the following works:
- 27 symphonies
- 2 symphonic poems
- 3 symphonies
- 4 instrumental concerts
- 2 cantatas
- Several overtures , marches and smaller pieces for string, wind and symphony orchestras
- 13 string quartets
- 2 violoncello sonatas
- 1 violin sonata
- 9 piano sonatas
- 1 piano sonatina
- Several smaller pieces for piano
- Several songs and song cycles
- 10 arrangements of works by other composers
The works can be chronologically structured as follows:
Early phase:
- The works of the early phase are strongly based on the music of Russian Romanticism . They were written between 1896 and 1906 before Mjaskowski entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory . The composer later incorporated many of the largely unpublished works into other pieces.
Time at the Conservatory and before the First World War :
- The works, which were created between 1906 and 1914, bear, according to Mjaskowski's own statement, the “stamp of deep pessimism”. Most of them are study works and first published compositions.
After the First World War:
- In the compositions that were written immediately after the First World War, Mjaskowski processed his experiences from the front and the civil war . The composer had his first successes with the performance of a number of symphonic works. His most important composition, the Sixth Symphony in E flat minor, Op. 23 , also dates from this period . During this phase the music becomes more and more experimental and sometimes atonal .
Before World War II :
- From around 1932 onwards, Myaskovsky responded to the demands of socialist realism . His music becomes more romantic again and is characterized by simple melodies. During this time, Myaskovsky had already consolidated his reputation as a composer and teacher in Moscow.
Escape and World War II:
- When Russia entered the Second World War, Myaskovsky fled to the interior of Russia and learned about many folk songs of the Russian peoples. He processed these in his works.
Last years:
- In recent years, Mjaskowski's musical language has become very melancholy. As the only one of those who were exposed to the formalism charge in 1948, he did not apologize publicly. Nevertheless, he quickly rehabilitated himself and his 27th Symphony in C minor, Op. 85 , his last symphonic work, was performed posthumously and in memory of him in 1950.
Catalog raisonné
opus | title | occupation | Composed | Remarks |
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0A (1) | Ten (or Twelve) Preludes | piano | 1896 to 1898 | unpublished |
0B (2) | Four preludes
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piano | 1899 | unpublished |
0C (3) | Two preludes
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piano | 1900 | unpublished |
0D (4) | Prelude in C sharp minor | piano | 1901 | unpublished |
without | “Flofion”, Book 1: Six Preludes
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piano | 1899 to 1901 | unpublished; this work is only listed on the official Myaskovsky website and is the first “Flofion” issue |
0E (5) | Fantasy in F minor | piano | 1903 | unpublished |
0F (6) | Two romances based on words by Pomjalowski and A. Tolstoy
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Singing voice and piano | 1903 | unpublished |
0G (7) | Idyll in F major | piano | 1904 | unpublished |
0H (8) | Two fantasies
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piano | 1904 | unpublished |
0I (9) | "Тишина" ("The Silence"), romance based on words by L. Melschin | Singing voice and piano | 1904 | unpublished |
0J (10) | Piano sonata in E minor | piano | 1905 | unpublished |
0K (11) | Scherzando | piano | 1905 | unpublished |
0L (12) | Two romances based on words by A. Maikow and W. Shakespeare | Singing voice and piano | 1905 | unpublished |
0M (13) | "Flofion", Book 2 (1): Eight (six) sketches
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piano | 1906 | unpublished; S. Gulinskaja gives eight movements, of which nos. 6 and 7 were processed in op. 11, 28, 31, 58, 69, 73 and 74; only six sentences are listed on the official Myaskovsky website. |
0N (14) | "Flofion", Book 3 (2): Four (six) sketches
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piano | 1906 to 1907 | unpublished; S. Gulinskaja gives four movements, of which No. 3 was used in op. 10 and 68; Six sentences are listed on the official Myaskovsky website. |
0O (15) | Piano sonata in C minor in one movement | piano | 1907 | unpublished |
0P (16) | Piano sonata in G major in one movement | piano | 1907 | unpublished; 1909 processed into op.9A |
0Q | String quartet in F major | String quartet | 1907 | unpublished; this work can only be found in the list by Onno van Rijen |
1 | "Размышления" ("Reflections"), seven poems by J. Baratynski
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Singing voice and piano | 1907 | from the second edition in 1929, no.4 is missing. |
2 | "Из юношеских лет" ("From the teenage years"), twelve romances based on words by K. Balmont | Singing voice and piano | 1903 to 1906 | 1945 put together in a cycle |
3 |
1st Symphony in C minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1908 | Revised in 1921 |
4th | "На грани" ("On the border"), eighteen romances based on words by Sinaida Gippius
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Medium and low voice with piano | 1904 to 1908 | |
5 | "Из З.Гиппиус", three chants based on verses by Sinaida Gippius
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Singing voice and piano | 1905 to 1908 | Dedication: "For Modest Lyudwigowitsch Hofman" |
6th |
1st piano sonata in D minor
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piano | 1907 to 1909 | Dedication: "For Mrs. NL Hofman" |
6A (17) | "Flofion", Book 4 (3): Twelve Jokes (Sketches)
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piano | 1907 | |
6B (18) | "Flofion", volume 5 (4): Twelve (ten) jokes (sketches)
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piano | 1907 to 1908 | S. Gulinskaja gives ten sentences. Twelve sentences are listed on the official Myaskovsky website. |
6C (19) | 26 joints | piano | 1907 to 1908 | unpublished; the first three were used in op |
6D (20) | Three pieces | piano | 1908 | two pieces were used in op |
7th | “ Madrigal ”, suite based on five poems by Balmont
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Singing voice and piano | 1908 to 1909 | Revised in 1925 |
8th | Three sketches on words by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov
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Singing voice and piano | 1908 | Dedication: “For JW and WW Dershanowski”. |
8A (21) | Two romances on words from Ivanov and Fet
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Singing voice and piano | 1908 | unpublished |
8B | Michelangelo's sonnet in the Russian translation by Tjuchev | Singing voice and piano | 1909 | Revised in 1950 |
8C (22) | "Flofion", booklet 6 (5): Three "school exercises"
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piano | 1907 to 1908 | |
8D (23) | "Ковыль" (" feather grass ") in words of Balmont | A cappella choir | 1909 | unpublished |
9 | “Молчание” (“Silence”), symphonic poem based on the poem of the same name by EA Poe | Symphony orchestra | 1909 to 1910 | The template is actually the short story of the same name (probably a translation error); Dedication: “For Konstantin Saradschew”; Arrangement for piano four hands by the composer (unpublished); Arrangement for two pianos for four hands each by P. Lamm (unpublished) |
9A (24) | Overture in G major | Symphony orchestra | 1909 | Orchestration of the piano sonata op. 0P; Revised in 1949 |
9B (25, 26, 27) | "Flofion", booklet 7 (6): Three exercises
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piano | 1909 to 1912 | unpublished; Onno van Rijen swaps the first two movements; S. Gulinskaja lists the pieces as separate works: Mazurka (25), Sketch (26) and Epilogue (27). |
10 | Sinfonietta in A major | Symphony orchestra | 1910 to 1911 | The second movement is an arrangement of the movement “Plein-Air” from op. 0N; Arrangement for two pianos for four hands each by P. Lamm |
11 |
2nd Symphony in C sharp minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1910 to 1911 | |
12 | 1st violoncello sonata in D major
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Violoncello and piano | 1911 | Second version 1930 |
13 |
2. Piano sonata in F sharp minor in one movement
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piano | 1912 | Dedication: “For BS Sakharov”; Revised in 1948 |
13A (27) | Epilogue in F sharp major | piano | 1912 | unpublished; presumably identical to the third movement of Op. 9B |
14th | "Аластор" (" Alastor "), poem for orchestra after Shelley in C minor | Symphony orchestra | 1912 to 1913 | Dedication: “For Sergei Prokofjew ”; Arranged for piano four hands by the composer, published in 1927 in the music section of the Soviet State Publishing House; Arrangement for two pianos for four hands each by P. Lamm, unpublished. |
15th |
3rd Symphony in A minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1914 | Dedication: "For BW Assafjew " |
16 | "Предчувствия" ("Premonitions"), six sketches based on words by Sinaida Gippius
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Singing voice and piano | 1913 to 1914 | |
16A (28) | "Flofion", booklet 8 (7): sketches and fragments
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piano | 1917 to 1919 | |
17th |
4th Symphony in E minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1917 to 1918 | Dedication: "For WW Jakowlew" |
18th |
5th Symphony in D major
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Symphony orchestra | 1918 to 1919 | Dedication: "For Viktor Michailowitsch Beljajew" |
19th |
3. Piano Sonata in C minor in one movement
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piano | 1920 | Reconstructed in 1939 |
20th | Six poems by Alexander Blok
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Singing voice and piano | 1921 | Dedication: "For MG Hube" |
21st | "На склоне дня" ("At day divisions"), three sketches based on words by Tjutschew
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Singing voice and piano | 1922 | Dedication: "For Mrs. JW Koponossowa-Dershanowskaja" |
21A (T1) | Andante | Flute and piano | 1922 | Arrangement of the second movement from the Concerto for Four Violins in D major by C. Ph. E. Bach ; Published in 1932 |
22nd | "Венок поблекший" ("The wilted wreath"), music for eight poems by A. Delwig
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Singing voice and piano | 1925 | |
23 |
6th Symphony in E flat minor with choir ad libitum
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Symphony orchestra and mixed choir | 1921 to 1923 | Revised in 1947 |
24 |
7th Symphony in B minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1922 | Dedication: "For Pawel Alexandrowitsch Lamm" |
25th | "Причуды" ("Bizzarreries", "Eccentricities", " Grilling "), six sketches
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piano | 1917 to 1922 | |
26th |
8th Symphony in A major
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Symphony orchestra | 1924 to 1925 | Dedication: "For Sergej Sergejewitsch Popow" |
27 |
4th piano sonata in C minor
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piano | 1924 to 1925 | Dedication: “For SJ Feinberg ”; Revised in 1946 |
27A (T2) | "Aladina and Palomid" | Two pianos with four hands each | 1925 | Adaptation of the symphonic poem of the same name by D. Melkich ; unpublished |
27B (T3) | "Princess Marlene" | Two pianos with four hands each | 1926 | Adaptation of the work of the same name by M. Steinberg ; unpublished |
28 |
9th Symphony in E minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1926 to 1927 | Dedication: "For Nikolai Andrejewitsch Malko " |
29 | "Воспоминания" ("Memories"), six pieces
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piano | 1927 | |
30th |
10th Symphony in F minor in one movement
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Symphony orchestra | 1926 to 1927 | Based on the poem " The Bronze Horseman " by AS Pushkin and the illustrations by A. Benois ; Dedication: "For KS Saradschew " |
31, 31A | "Пожелтевшие страницы" ("Yellowed Pages"), seven small simple things ( bagatelles )
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piano | 1928 | Dedication: “For Mrs. AA Alawdina”; 1930 arranged for trumpet and piano (op.31A) |
31B (29) | "Песня у станка" ("Song at the workbench") based on words by A. Besymenski | Singing voice and piano | 1930 | unpublished |
31C (30) | Two military marches
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Wind band | 1930 | |
31D (31) | Three marching songs for mass singing based on words by N. Assejew , I. Frenkel and I. Stronganow
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Choir and piano | 1931 | |
31E (32) | Song about Lenin based on words by A. Surkov | Choir and piano | 1932 | |
31F (33) | Song about Karl Marx based on words by S. Kirssanow | Choir and piano | 1932 | |
31G (34) | Three soldiers and Komsomol songs based on words by W. Vishnyakov, S. Ostrovoj and A. Surkow
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Choir and piano | 1934 | |
31G (35) | "Слава советским пилотам" ("Glory to the Soviet pilots") in the words of A. Surkov | Four-part a cappella choir | 1934 | probably an error in the list by Onno van Rijen |
31H, 31J (36) | Prelude and Fughetta on the Name Saradschew | Symphony orchestra | 1934 | unpublished; Use of a piano piece from 1907; also as an arrangement for piano four hands (Op. 31J); unpublished |
32 No. 1 |
Serenade in E flat major
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Small symphony orchestra | 1929 | Dedication: "For Abram Isaakowitsch Dsimitrowski" |
32 No. 2 | Sinfonietta in B minor
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String orchestra | 1929 | Dedication: "For Alexander Fjodorowitsch Goedicke " |
32 No. 3 | Lyrical concertino in G major
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clarinet , horn , bassoon , harp and string orchestra | Flute,1929 | Dedication: "For Boris Wladimirowitsch Assafjew" |
32A (T4) | 3rd Symphony by S. Prokofiev | Piano for four hands | 1929 | Arrangement of S. Prokofiev's 3rd Symphony; unpublished |
32B (T5) | 3rd symphony by M. Steinberg | Piano for four hands | 1930 | Arrangement of M. Steinberg's 3rd symphony; Published in 1930 |
32C (T6) | “ A Night on the Bald Mountain ” by M. Mussorgsky | Piano for four hands | 1931 | Adaptation of M. Mussorgski's work; unpublished |
33 No. 1 | 1st string quartet in A minor
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String quartet | 1930 | |
33 No. 2 | 2nd string quartet in C minor
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String quartet | 1930 | Dedication: "For GS Gamburg" |
33 No. 3 | 3rd string quartet in D minor
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String quartet | 1930 | Revision of a version from 1910 |
33 No. 4 | 4th string quartet in F minor
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String quartet | 1937 | Revision of a version from 1909 to 1910 |
34 |
11th Symphony in B flat minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1931 to 1932 | Dedication: "For Maximilian Ossejewitsch Steinberg" |
35 |
12th Symphony in G minor "October Symphony "
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Symphony orchestra | 1931 to 1932 | Dedication: "On the 15th anniversary of the October Revolution " |
36 |
13th Symphony in B flat minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1933 | |
37 |
14th Symphony in C major
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Symphony orchestra | 1933 | Dedication: "For WL Kubatzky" |
38 |
15th Symphony in D minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1933 to 1934 | |
39 |
16th Symphony in F major, "Der Luftfahrt"
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Symphony orchestra | 1933 to 1934 | Dedication: "For the Orchestra of the Moscow State Philharmonic" |
40 | Twelve romances based on Lermontov's words
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Singing voice and piano | 1935 to 1936 | |
40A (T7) | “Autumn” by S. Prokofiev | Two pianos with four hands each | 1935 | Adaptation of S. Prokofiev's symphonic poem; unpublished |
40B (T8) | “Egyptian Nights” by S. Prokofiev | Piano for four hands | 1935 | Arrangement of S. Prokofiev's symphonic suite from the incidental music of the same name; unpublished |
40C (37) | "Жить стало лучше" ("Life has become easier ..."), a song based on the words of W. Lebedew-Kumach | Singing voice and piano | 1936 | unpublished |
40D | "To Romain Rolland", a song based on words by K. Lakuti | Singing voice and piano | 1936 | This work can only be found in Onno van Rijen's list |
41 |
17th Symphony in G sharp minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1936 to 1937 | Dedication: "For Alexander Wassiljewitsch Gauk" |
42 |
18th Symphony in C major
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Symphony orchestra | 1937 | Dedication: “To the XX. Anniversary of the October Revolution " |
43 No. 1 | Ten very easy pieces
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piano | 1938 | Contains revised works from 1908 and 1917 |
43 No. 2 | Four easy pieces in polyphonic setting
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piano | 1938 | Revised version of a work from 1907 |
43 No. 3 | Simple variations, lyrical suite in D major
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piano | 1937 | Revision of a work from 1908 |
44 |
Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor
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Violin and symphony orchestra | 1938 | Dedication: "For DF Oistrach " |
45 | Three sketches based on words by S. Stschipachev and L. Kwitko
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Singing voice and piano | 1939 | Dedication: "For AI Okayemow" |
46 |
19th Symphony in E flat major
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Wind band | 1939 | Dedication: “To the XXI. Anniversary of the founding of the Red Army " |
46A | Two pieces
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Violin, violoncello and string orchestra | 1939 | |
47 | 5th String Quartet in E minor
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String quartet | 1938 to 1939 | Dedication: "For WJ Schebalin" |
47A | Scherzo of the 5th string quartet | piano | 1938 to 1939 | Arrangement of the scherzo of the 5th string quartet |
48 | Welcome overture in C major | Symphony orchestra | 1939 | |
48A | Four (three, two) songs for aviators and sailors in the polar region based on words from M. Swetlow and J. Selwenski
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singing | 1939 | |
49 | 6th string quartet in G minor
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String quartet | 1939 to 1940 | Dedication: "For the State Beethoven Quartet" |
50 |
20th Symphony in E major
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Symphony orchestra | 1940 | Dedication: "For JA Schaporin " |
51 |
21st Symphony in F sharp minor in one movement
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Symphony orchestra | 1940 | |
52 | Songs on verses by Stepan Stschipachev, ten romances
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Medium voice and piano | 1940 | |
53 | Two marches
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Wind band | 1941 | |
53A and 53D (39) | Two mass songs based on words by M. Swetlow and W. Winnikow
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Singing voice and piano | 1941 | S. Gulinskaja and the official Mjaskowski website summarize the two works, Onno van Rijen lists them individually as op. 53A and op. 53D |
53B (T9) | “The Year 1941” by S. Prokofiev | Piano for four hands | 1941 | unpublished; Arrangement of S. Prokofiev's symphonic suite |
53C | "Походная песня" based on a text by M. Issakowski | Male choir a cappella | 1941 | This work is missing from S. Gulinskaja's list |
54 |
22nd Symphony in B minor "Ballade"
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Symphony orchestra | 1941 | |
55 | 7th string quartet in F major
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String quartet | 1941 | Dedication: "For JM Gudkow" |
56 |
23rd Symphony in A minor "Symphonic Suite"
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Symphony orchestra | 1941 | |
57 |
Piano sonatina in E minor
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piano | 1942 | |
58 | “Song and Rhapsody”, Prelude and Rondo Sonata in B flat minor | piano | 1942 | |
59 | 8th string quartet in F sharp minor
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String quartet | 1942 | Dedication: "In memory of SP Feldman" |
60 | Dramatic overture in G minor | Wind band | 1942 | |
61 | Poem “ Kirow lives!”, Cantata based on the text of the poem of the same name by N. Tichonow in D minor
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Mezzo-soprano , baritone , mixed choir and symphony orchestra | 1942 to 1943 | Dedication: “The Beethoven Quartet on the occasion of its 20th anniversary”; Dedication is believed to be a mistake in the listing by S. Gulinskaya and the official Myaskovsky website |
62 | 9th String Quartet in D minor
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String quartet | 1943 | Dedication: “The Beethoven Quartet on the occasion of its 20th anniversary”; Dedication was probably wrongly assigned to op. 61, but op. 62 is more likely, as the work was also premiered by the Beethoven Quartet and is probably missing from S. Gulinskaja's list due to an error |
63 |
24th Symphony in F minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1943 | Dedication: "Dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Vladimirovich Dershanowski" |
64 No. 1 |
5th Piano Sonata in B major "According to old sketches"
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piano | 1944 | First sketches 1907 to 1908; First revision 1917; Second revision 1944 |
64 No. 2 |
6th piano sonata in A flat major "According to old sketches"
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piano | 1944 | First sketches 1908 |
65 | "Звенья", ("chain links") six sketches
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Symphony orchestra | 1944 to 1945 | |
65A (T10) | Three romances and Kavatina from the opera “ Prince Igor ” by A. Borodin | String quartet | 1944 | unpublished; Arrangement of Borodin's piano or orchestral accompaniment to the opera |
66 |
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in C minor
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Violoncello and symphony orchestra | 1944 | Dedication: "For SN Knuschewitzki" |
67 No. 1 | 10th string quartet in F major "According to old sketches"
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String quartet | 1945 | First sketches 1907 |
67 No. 2 | 11th string quartet in E flat major "Memories"
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String quartet | 1945 | |
68 | 2. Sinfonietta in A minor
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String orchestra | 1945 to 1946 | |
69 |
25th Symphony in D flat major
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Symphony orchestra | 1946 | Dedication: "For LT Atowmjan" |
70 | Violin Sonata in F major
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Violin and piano | 1946 to 1947 | |
71 | “Slavic Rhapsody”, overture fantasy on Old Slavic themes from the 16th century in D minor | Symphony orchestra | 1946 | Dedication: "For Igor Fjodorowitsch Belsa" |
72 | “Lyric Book”, six romances based on words by M. Mendelson and Robert Burns
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Soprano and piano | 1946 | Dedication: "For Mira Mendelson" |
72A, 72B (40) | Draft for an anthem for the RSFSR | Choir and orchestra | 1946 | also as a version for choir and piano accompaniment (op.72B), both unpublished |
73 | "Стилизации" ("stylizations"), nine pieces in the form of old dances
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piano | 1946 | |
74 | "Из прошлого" ("From the Past"), six improvisations
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piano | 1947 | First sketches 1906 to 1907 |
75 | Nocturno "Кремль ночью" ("The Kremlin by Night"), cantata based on words by S. Vasiliev | Tenor or soprano, choir and symphony orchestra | 1947 | Dedication: “To XXX. Anniversary of the Great October Revolution " |
76 | “Pathetic Overture” in C minor | Symphony orchestra | 1947 | Dedication: "On the 30th anniversary of the Soviet Army" |
77 | 12th string quartet in G major
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String quartet | 1947 | Dedication: "For DB Kabalewski" |
78 | Polyphonic sketches, two notebooks
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piano | 1948 | |
79 |
26th Symphony in C major "On Russian Themes"
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Symphony orchestra | 1948 | |
80 | Divertimento in E flat major
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Symphony orchestra | 1948 | |
81 | 2. Violoncello Sonata in A minor
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Violoncello and piano | 1948 to 1949 | Dedication: "For ML Rostropovich " |
82 |
7th piano sonata in C major
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piano | 1949 | |
83 |
8th piano sonata in D minor
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piano | 1949 | |
84 |
9th piano sonata in F major
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piano | 1949 | |
85 |
27th Symphony in C minor
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Symphony orchestra | 1949 | |
86 | 13th String Quartet in A minor
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String quartet | 1949 | Dedication: "For the Beethoven Quartet" |
87 | “За многие годы” (“From many years”), collection of 15 romances and songs based on the words of various authors
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singing | 1950 | Collection of works from 1901 to 1936 |
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Soja Gulinskaja: Nikolai Jakowlewitsch Mjaskowski . Moscow 1981, German Berlin 1985, p. 268 ff
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j COMPOSITIONS by NIKOLAI MIASKOVSKY ( Memento from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) - Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Nikolay Myaskovsky - The official site
- ↑ a b c d e f g Since Onno van Rijen's list does not include the first “Flofion” booklet, the numbering is offset by one
- ↑ This work is the only work in S. Gulinskaja's list to have a letter added to the opus number
- ↑ a b c According to russisches-musikarchiv.de summarized under Kinderstücke op.43, 3 pieces (1907-38)
- ↑ russisches-musikarchiv.de