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The original version of the song, written by Vasily Zhukovsky and Egor Fyodorovich Rozen, [1] [2] praised the Tsar and the Russian Tsardom, while the latter version by Sergey Gorodetsky was one of a patriotic form and is even sometimes regarded as a patriotic anthem of the Russia in the 20th century and today. It is one of the more popular ...
"God Save the Tsar!" (Russian: Боже, Царя храни!, IPA: [ˈboʐɨ tsɐˈrʲa xrɐˈnʲi]) was the national anthem of the Russian Empire. The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833 and was first performed on 18 December 1833. It was composed by violinist Alexei Lvov, with lyrics written by the court poet Vasily Zhukovsky.
"The Prayer of Russians" [a] is a patriotic hymn that was used as the national anthem of Imperial Russia from 1816 to 1833. After defeating the First French Empire, Tsar Alexander I of Russia recommended a national anthem for Russia. The lyrics were written by Vasily Zhukovsky, and the music of the British anthem "God Save the King" was used.
Boris Godunov (Russian: Борис Годунов, romanized: Borís Godunóv listen ⓘ) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
In Russia, during the Soviet era, the imperial anthem was replaced in both pieces with the chorus "Glory, Glory to you, holy Rus'! " ( Славься, славься, святая Русь! ), which ironically came from the finale of Mikhail Glinka 's opéra A Life for the Tsar , a historical drama about a patriotic commoner named Ivan Susanin .
The song was written to commemorate the capture of major Ottoman fortress Izmail by the great Russian general Aleksandr Suvorov. This event effectively ended the Seventh Russo-Turkish War. The tune is a polonaise. [2] This anthem was eventually replaced by a formal imperial anthem, "God Save the Tsar!", which was adopted in 1833.
Genre IMG Date Russian title (original title) English title Scoring Notes Stage: 23: 1834–1836: Жизнь за царя: A Life for the Tsar: Opera in 5 acts; new version (1837) in 4 acts and epilogue; original title: Ivan Susanin
Music to Mei's drama The Maid of Pskov, suite of five numbers, 1877 (adapted from the opera as incidental music) Fairytale [ Сказка = Skazka ], Op. 29, 1879–1880 Sinfonietta on Russian Themes in A minor, Op. 31, 1879–1884; adaptation of first three movements from string quartet of 1878–1879