Nyne sily nebesnyia / Now the Powers of Heaven (1885)
Tchaikovski, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893) [ Russia ]
Edition
Published by
Musica Russica
[USA]
, 1996
; in Peter Tchaikovsky: The Complete Sacred Choral Works
(478 p.)
Ref. :
Ta042
(11 p.)
Type of material:
Choral score with piano for rehearsal only
Description
Text in:
Church Slavonic
+ adapted in
transliteration
Epoque:
19th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Orthodox liturgical hymn ; Orthodox song ; Liturgy ; Cherubikon
Mood of the piece:
solemn ; majestic ; prayerful
Type of Choir:
SSAATTBB (8 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
G major
Duration:
6.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Communion ; Lent
Origin:
Russia
Source of text:
original Russian first edition
Comment(s):
Octavo offprint from collection; edition contains original text in Cyrillic and phonetic transliteration; English translation is also provided; but not underlaid in music; diction instruction tape available from the publisher.
