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Rothschild's Violin (opera), the Glossary

Rothschild's Violin (Скрипка Ротшильда) is a one-act opera by Russian composer Veniamin Fleishman (1913–1941) set to the Russian libretto by the composer after the short story "Rothschild's Fiddle" by Anton Chekhov.^[1]

37 relations: Anton Chekhov, Bass (voice type), Boosey & Hawkes, Composer, Dmitri Shostakovich, Dmitri Smirnov (composer), Edgardo Cozarinsky, From Jewish Folk Poetry, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Gramophone (magazine), Hans Sikorski, Ibid., Konstantin Pluzhnikov (tenor), Libretto, Mezzo-soprano, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera, Piano Trio No. 2 (Shostakovich), RCA, Rothschild's Violin, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Second Movement Opera, Sergei Leiferkus, Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation, Shtetl, Solomon Volkov, Tempo (journal), Tenor, Testimony (Volkov book), Union of Russian Composers, Veniamin Fleishman, Violin Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich), World War II, Yuri Kochnev, Zionism.
1960 operas
20th-century operas
Operas by Veniamin Fleishman
Operas completed by others

Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer.

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Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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Boosey & Hawkes

Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher, purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world.

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Composer

A composer is a person who writes music.

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Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.

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Dmitri Smirnov (composer)

Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (Дми́трий Никола́евич Смирно́в; 2 November 1948 – 9 April 2020) was a Russian-British composer and academic teacher, who also published as Dmitri N. Smirnov and D. Smirnov-Sadovsky.

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Edgardo Cozarinsky

Edgardo Cozarinsky (13 January 1939 – 2 June 2024) was an Argentine writer and filmmaker.

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From Jewish Folk Poetry

From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op.

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Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (Генна́дий Никола́евич Рожде́ственский; 4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, composer and pedagogue.

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Gramophone (magazine)

Gramophone (known as The Gramophone prior to 1970) is a magazine published monthly in London, devoted to classical music, particularly to reviews of recordings.

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Hans Sikorski

Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski is an international music publishing company in Berlin, formerly headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

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Ibid.

Ibid. is an abbreviation for the Latin word ibīdem, meaning "in the same place", commonly used in an endnote, footnote, bibliography citation, or scholarly reference to refer to the source cited in the preceding note or list item.

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Konstantin Pluzhnikov (tenor)

Konstantin Ilyich Pluzhnikov (Константин Ильич Плужников; born 1941) is a Russian tenor, soloist of the Kirov Opera, and Meritorious Artist of Russia.

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Libretto

A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

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Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Moscow, Russia.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Piano Trio No. 2 (Shostakovich)

The Piano Trio No.

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RCA

The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America.

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Rothschild's Violin

"Rothschild's Violin" (translit – also translated as "Rothschild's Fiddle") is a short story by Anton Chekhov.

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Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (RPhO; Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest) is a Dutch symphony orchestra based in Rotterdam.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Saint Petersburg Conservatory

The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н.) (formerly known as the Petrograd Conservatory and Leningrad Conservatory) is a school of music in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Second Movement Opera

Second Movement Opera is an opera company in the United Kingdom.

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Sergei Leiferkus

Sergei Leiferkus (born 4 April 1946) is an operatic baritone from Russia, known for his dramatic technique and powerful voice particularly in Russian and Italian language repertoire.

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Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation

The shorthand for the instrumentation of a symphony orchestra (and other similar ensembles) is used to outline which and how many instruments, especially wind instruments, are called for in a given piece of music.

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Shtetl

Shtetl or shtetel is a Yiddish term for the small towns with predominantly Ashkenazi Jewish populations which existed in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust.

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Solomon Volkov

Solomon Moiseyevich Volkov (Соломон Моисеевич Волков; born 17 April 1944) is a Russian journalist and musicologist.

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Tempo (journal)

Tempo is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that specialises in music of the 20th century and contemporary music.

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Tenor

A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types.

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Testimony (Volkov book)

Testimony (Свидетельство) is a book that was published in October 1979 by the Russian musicologist Solomon Volkov.

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Union of Russian Composers

The Union of Russian Composers (formerly the Union of Soviet Composers, Order of Lenin Union of Composers of USSR (1932-), and Union of Soviet Composers of the USSR) is a state-created organization for musicians and musicologists created in 1932 by Joseph Stalin in the last year of the Cultural Revolution and first Five-Year Plan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild's_Violin_(opera)

Rothschild's Violin (opera), the Glossary

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See also

1960 operas

20th-century operas

Operas by Veniamin Fleishman

Operas completed by others

References