Gertrude’s Monologue: for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (or piano) Full score (with addition of a piano reduction) (Meladina Music series)
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Gertrude’s Monologue: for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (or piano) Full score (with addition of a piano reduction) (Meladina Music series) Details
Gertrude’s Monologue for mezzo-soprano & chamber orchestra Op. 8a, 1971, Rev. 2019, 4’ The monologue of Queen Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, from act 4, scene 7 of the great Shakespearean tragedy “Hamlet” was set to music by Dmitry N. Smirnov, while he was studying at the Moscow Conservatory. The full score for the singer, flute, clarinet, harp, celesta and strings was completed on 17 December 1971. That time the Russian translation by Boris Pasternak (1940) was used for the text of the composition. However, later the original text by Shakespeare was added to the same score to allow performing the work in English or Russian by a choice of the singer. The score was revised and the piano reduction was created on 17-18 April 2019.
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