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Rachmaninoff's work is a culmination of the preceding two decades of interest in Russian sacred music, as initiated by Tchaikovsky's setting of the all-night vigil. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The similarities between the works, such as the extensive use of traditional chants, demonstrates the extent of Tchaikovsky's influence; however, Rachmaninoff's setting ...
Rachmaninoff's compositions cover a variety of musical forms and genres. Born in Novgorod , Russia in 1873, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Zverev , Alexander Siloti , Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky , and while there, composed some of his most famous works, including the first piano concerto (Op. 1) and the Prelude in C ...
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff [a] [b] (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor.Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music.
When celebrated at the all-night vigil, the orders of Great Vespers and Matins vary somewhat from when they are celebrated separately. [2] [3] In parish usage, many portions of the service such as the readings from the Synaxarion during the Canon at Matins are abbreviated or omitted, and it therefore takes approximately two or two and a half hours to perform.
"Blazhen Muzh" (Church Slavonic: Блажен муж, "Blessed is the Man") is a setting of verses from Psalms 1, 2, and 3 taken from the Byzantine (Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic) tradition of Vespers. As with many of the Psalms and hymns, "Blazhen Muzh" attracted the attention of composers.
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31 (Russian: Литургия Иоанна Златоуста), is a 1910 musical work by Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of his two major unaccompanied choral works (the other being his All-Night Vigil). The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is the primary worship service of the Eastern Orthodox Church. [1]
This work, like Sergei Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, has been referred to as the Vespers. [2] [3] Like the Rachmaninoff, this is both literally and conceptually incorrect as applied to the entire work, as it contains settings from three canonical hours: Vespers, Matins and the First Hour.
All-Night Vigil should consist of an description of the religious ceremony, which can link to musical settings (of which Rachmaninoff's is by far the most famous). For comparison, Vespers does not consist solely of discussion of Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 (Monteverdi) and Mass (liturgy) and Mass (music) describe more than just the Mass in ...