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Chesnokov, Pavel

Pavelchesnokov

CHESNOKOV, Pavel Grigor’yevich (b. 12 [ 24] October, 1877, near Voskresensk, Moscow region; d. 14 March, 1944, Moscow)—graduated from Moscow Synodal School of Church Singing in 1895; 1895–99, studied composition with Sergei Taneyev; graduated from Moscow Conservatory in 1917 in conducting and composition (student of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov). From 1895, taught church singing (chant) at the Moscow Synodal School; served as precentor in several Moscow churches and taught choral music at various schools. From 1920 to 1944 was professor of choral music at the Moscow Conservatory and conductor of several state choirs in Moscow.

Chesnokov is the most prolific composer associated with the Moscow Synodal School: his compositional output includes over 500 choral works, over 400 of which are sacred. His major opera include three complete settings of the Divine Liturgy, two complete settings of the All-Night Vigil, two settings of the Memorial Service, and a setting of the Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts. In addition, he composed numerous settings of individual hymns taken from the ordinary of the Liturgy and Vigil, from feast-day propers, and paraliturgical concertos. His choral writing is characterized by a variety of textures, from austere unisons to sumptuous eight-voice polyphony, and colorful harmony, which he often “spices” with chromaticism. Approximately one-third of his sacred works are chant-based, while the rest are free compositions.

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Cn005

Se Zhenikh griadet

Behold, the Bridegroom comes

Op. 6, No. 1

[Kievan Chant]

Troparion for Holy Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday

S(div)AT(div)B(div)

PJu #30402 1904

First printed edition

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Sem’ pesnopenii iz tetradi “Moi neizdannye sochineniia”

Seven hymns from the notebook “My unpublished compositions”

N. O. N.

S(div)AT(div)B(div) and SATB Soli

Unpublished in composer’s lifetime.

First published in vol.: P. Chesnokov, Dukhovnye proizvedeniia dlia shmeshannogo khora A Cappella, Vyp. IV, Sem’ pesnopenii iz tetradi «Moi neizdannye sochineniia» , Moscow, Zhivonosnyi istochnik, 2007.

Cn330-336

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[No. 1.] Veruiu

I believe

N. O. N.

The Creed

S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)

Cn330

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[No. 2.] Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda

Bless the Lord, O my soul

N. O. N.

The Introductory Psalm

Ps. 103

S(div)AT(div)B(div) and STB Soli

Cn331

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[No. 3.] Kheruvimskaia pesn'

Cherubic hymn

N. O. N.

Common Chant

S(div)AT(div)B(div) and STB Soli

Cn332

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[No. 4.] Spasi, Bozhe, liudi Tvoia

O God, save Thy people

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S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div) and B Solo (deacon)

Cn333

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[No. 5.] Mnogoletstvovanie

Many years

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S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)

Cn334

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[No. 6.] Patriarshee mnogoletie

Patriarchal many years

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S(div)AT(div)B(div) and B Solo (deacon)

Cn335

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[No. 7.] Angel vopiiashe Blagodatnei (No. 2)

The Angel cried

N. O. N.

Hymn to the Mother of God at Paschaltide

S(div)AT(div)B(div) and T Solo

Cn336

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“Shest’ pesnopenii iz ranee neizdannykh sochinenii”

"Six hymns from previously unpubilshed manuscripts"

S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)

Unpublished in composer’s lifetime.

Printed edition

Moscow, Zhivonosnyi istochnik, 2008.

Cn337-342

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[No. 1.] Ne nadeisia, dushe moia

Put not thy hope, O my soul

Op. 48, No. 4

Ode 7 in the Canon of Repentance

S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)

Cn337

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[No. 2.] Tropari voskresny (No. 2)

Resurrectional Troparia.

N. O. N.

Greek Chant

Evlogitaria

SATB

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[No. 3.] Slavoslovie velikoe (No. 3)

Great Doxology

N. O. N.

S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)

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[No. 4.] Veruiu (No. 4)

I believe

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The Creed

SATB(div)

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[No. 5.] Gospodi, spasi... Krestu Tvoemu (No. 2)

O Lord, save... Before Thy Cross

N. O. N.

Instead of the Trisagion at Liturgy

S(div)AT(div)B(div)

Cn341

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[No. 6.] Ekteniia sugubaia na litii

Augmented litany at litya

N. O. N.

S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)

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Cn051

Slava... Edinorodnyi Syne

Glory... Only-begotten Son

Op. 10, No. 2 [also No. 4 in Liturgy, Op. 15]

Troparion after the Second Antiphon

S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)

PJu #31590 n.d.

First printed edition

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Cn021

Slava... Edinorodnyi Syne

Glory... Only-begotten Son

Op. 9, No. 2

Troparion after the Second Antiphon

SSAA

PJu #31321 1906

First printed edition

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Cn022

Slava... Edinorodnyi Syne

Glory... Only-begotten Son

Op. 9, No. 3

Troparion after the Second Antiphon

SSAA

PJu #31322 1906

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Cn022

Cn224

Sovet prevechnyi

Revealing to You the pre-eternal counsel

Op. 40, No. 2

Sacred concerto

Lity Sticheron for the Annunciation

TTBB and Alto Solo

PJu # n.d.

First printed edition

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Cn224

Sb lonbl 67

Sugubaia ekteniia

Augmented Litany

From the Liturgy (op. 42)

SATB

No. 67, pp. 68 in vol. Notnyi sbornik pravoslavnogo russkogo tserkovnogo peniia, vol. 1: Bozhestvennaia Liturgiia, London: 1962

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Sb-LonBL-67

Notnyi sbornik pravoslavnogo russkogo tserkovnogo peniia, vol. 1: Bozhestvennaia Liturgiia, London: 1962

Cn040

Svete tikhii

Gladsome Light

Op. 9, No. 21

SSAA-SSAA

PJu #31335 1906

First printed edition

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Cn041

Svete tikhii

Gladsome Light

Op. 9, No. 22

SSAA

PJu #31336 1906

First printed edition

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Cn041