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==Life==
==Life==
<b>Born: </b>1835-01-06 (Old Style)


<b>Died: </b>1918-03-13
'''Born:''' 6 January 1835


<b>Biography:</b> Lithuanian-Russian composer of French-Lithuanian descent.
'''Died:''' 13 March 1918


Profession: professor of fortifications in the military academies of St. Petersburg.
<b>Biography</b>
 
César Antonovich Cui (Russian: Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) (January 6, 1835 (Old Style) - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French and Lithuanian descent. His profession was as an army officer and a teacher of fortifications; his avocational life has particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer and music critic; in this sideline he is known as a member of The Five, the group of Russian composers under the leadership of Mily Balakirev dedicated to the production of a specifically Russian brand of music.  He held copious avocations in music: composition and journalism, and was the  composer of 15 operas, orchestral music, choral music (mostly secular, some sacred), chamber music, piano music and hundreds of art songs.  
 
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Copious avocations in music:  composition and journalism.  Composer of 15 operas, orchestral music, much choral music (mostly secular, some sacred), chamber music, piano music, hundreds of art songs.
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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
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===Sacred Choral===
==Opera==
*Prisoner of the Caucasus (1857-1858, 1881-1882, 1885)
*William Ratcliff (1861-1868)
*Mlada (collaborative work of "The Five"), Act I (1872)
*Angelo (1871-1875)
*The Saracen (1896-1898)
*Feast in Time of Plague (1900)
*Mademoiselle Fifi (1902-1903)
*Mateo Falcone (1906-1907)
*The Captain's Daughter (1907-1909)
 
==Comic/Light Opera==
*The Mandarin's Son (1859)
*Le Flibustier (1888-1889)


*"Ave Maria," op. 34, for 1-2 women's voices with piano or harmonium (1886)
==Children's Opera==
*Three Psalms, op. 80, for mixed voices (1910)
*The Snow-Bogatyr (1905)
*''Song of the Most Holy Theotokos'' [''Песнь Пресвятыя Богородицы'' = ''Pesn' presvjatyja bogorodicy''] (i.e. the Russian Orthodox ''Magnificat''), op. 93, for soprano solo and mixed voices (1914)
*Little Red Riding Hood (1911)  
*Puss in Boots (1913)  
*Ivan the Fool (Cui) (1913)  


===Secular Choral and Part-Song===
==Completion of Operas Begun by Others==
*The Stone Guest (Dargomyzhsky) (Introduction and end of Tableau 1)
*The Fair at Sorochintsy (Mussorgsky)


*Two Choruses to Words by Pushkin, op. 4, for mixed voices with orchestra (1860)
==Sacred Choral==
*''Chorus mysticus trium vocum muliebrium'' (''Mystical Chorus'') [''Мистический хор'' = ''Mističeskij khor''], op. 6, for women's voices and orchestra or piano, text from Dante's ''Purgatorio'' (1871)
*Ave Maria, Op. 34, for 1-2 women's voices with piano or harmonium (1886)
*Seven Choruses, op. 28, for mixed voices (1885)
*Three Psalms, op. 80, for mixed voices (1910)
*"Les oiseaux d'Argenteau," for children's voices (1887)
*Song of the Most Holy Theotokos [Песнь Пресвятыя Богородицы = Pesn' presvjatyja bogorodicy] (i.e. the Russian Orthodox Magnificat), op. 93, for soprano solo and mixed voices (1914)
*Five Choruses, op. 46, for mixed voices (1893)
 
*Six Choruses, op. 53, for mixed voices (1895)
==Secular Choral and Part-Songs==
*Seven Little Duet-Choruses, Op. 101, for children's or women's voices, (1899) ''(not published)''
*Two Choruses to Words by Pushkin, Op. 4, for mixed voices with orchestra (1860)  
*Zwei Lieder, op. 58, for men's voices (1901)
Chorus mysticus trium vocum muliebrium (Mystical Chorus) [Мистический хор = Mističeskij khor], Op. 6, for women's voices and orchestra or piano, text from Dante's Purgatorio (1871)  
*Seven Vocal Quartets, Op. 59, for mixed voices (1901)
*Seven Choruses, Op. 28, for mixed voices (1885)  
*Six Choruses, op. 63, for mixed voices (1903)
*Les oiseaux d'Argenteau," for children's voices (1887)  
*Seven Little Choruses on texts by Belousov, op. 77 (1908)
*Five Choruses, Op. 46, for mixed voices (1893)  
*Thirteen Choruses, op. 85, for women's and children's voices with piano (1911)
*Six Choruses, Op. 53, for mixed voices (1895)  
*Nine Vocal Quartets for men's voices, op. 88 (1911-1912).
*Seven Little Duet-Choruses, Op. 101, for children's or women's voices, (1899) (not published)  
*''March of the Russian Falcons'' [''Марш русских соколов'' = ''Marsh russkikh sokolov'', for mixed voices with piano (1912)
*Zwei Lieder, Op. 58, for men's voices (1901)  
*''Cantata in Commemoration of the Three-Hundredth Anniversary of the Reign of the House of the Romanovs, 1613-1913'', op. 89, for mixed voices with orchestra or piano (1913)
*Seven Vocal Quartets, Op. 59, for mixed voices (1901)  
*''Your Poetic Art'' [''Твой стих'' = ''Tvoj stikh''], Cantata in Memory of M.Yu. Lermontov, op. 96, for mixed voices with orchestra or piano (1914)
*Six Choruses, Op. 63, for mixed voices (1903)  
*"They're Marching" ["Идут" = "Idut"], for men's voices (1914)
*Seven Little Choruses on texts by Belousov, Op. 77 (1908)  
*Thirteen Choruses, Op. 85, for women's and children's voices with piano (1911)  
*Nine Vocal Quartets for men's voices, Op. 88 (1911-1912).  
*March of the Russian Falcons [Марш русских соколов = Marsh russkikh sokolov, for mixed voices with piano (1912)  
*Cantata in Commemoration of the Three-Hundredth Anniversary of the Reign of the House of the Romanovs, 1613-1913, Op. 89, for mixed voices with orchestra or piano (1913)  
*Your Poetic Art [Твой стих = Tvoj stikh], Cantata in Memory of M.Yu. Lermontov, Op. 96, for mixed voices with orchestra or piano (1914)  
*They're Marching ["Идут" = "Idut"], for men's voices (1914)  
 
 
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==Publications==
==Publications==
Most compositions published in Russia, by Bessel, Jurgenson, and Belaieff. Principal publisher in France was Leduc.
Most compositions published in Russia, by Bessel, Jurgenson, and Belaieff. Principal publisher in France was Leduc.  


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Cui Wikipedia article on Cui]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_C%C3%A9sar_Cui Wikipedia list of Cui's works, choral and otherwise]


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Wikipedia article on Cui:
[[Category:1918 deaths|Cui, César Antonovich]]
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[[Category:Composers (unhosted)|Cui, César Antonovich]]
 
[[Category:Romantic composers|Cui, César Antonovich]]
Wikipedia list of Cui's works, choral and otherwise:
[[Category:Lithuanian composers|Cui, César Antonovich]]
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_C%C3%A9sar_Cui
[[Category:Russian composers|Cui, César Antonovich]]
 
 
 
[[Category:1835 births|Cui, César]]
[[Category:1918 deaths|Cui, César]]
[[Category:Composers|Cui, César]]
[[Category:Romantic composers|Cui, César]]
[[Category:Lithuanian composers|Cui, César]]
[[Category:Russian composers|Cui, César]]

Revision as of 07:19, 14 October 2007

Life

Born: 6 January 1835

Died: 13 March 1918

Biography

César Antonovich Cui (Russian: Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) (January 6, 1835 (Old Style) - March 13, 1918) was a Russian of French and Lithuanian descent. His profession was as an army officer and a teacher of fortifications; his avocational life has particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer and music critic; in this sideline he is known as a member of The Five, the group of Russian composers under the leadership of Mily Balakirev dedicated to the production of a specifically Russian brand of music. He held copious avocations in music: composition and journalism, and was the composer of 15 operas, orchestral music, choral music (mostly secular, some sacred), chamber music, piano music and hundreds of art songs.

(The short biography above borrowed from Wikipedia - to see full biography use link below.)

View the Wikipedia article on César Antonovich Cui.

List of choral works

Opera

  • Prisoner of the Caucasus (1857-1858, 1881-1882, 1885)
  • William Ratcliff (1861-1868)
  • Mlada (collaborative work of "The Five"), Act I (1872)
  • Angelo (1871-1875)
  • The Saracen (1896-1898)
  • Feast in Time of Plague (1900)
  • Mademoiselle Fifi (1902-1903)
  • Mateo Falcone (1906-1907)
  • The Captain's Daughter (1907-1909)

Comic/Light Opera

  • The Mandarin's Son (1859)
  • Le Flibustier (1888-1889)

Children's Opera

  • The Snow-Bogatyr (1905)
  • Little Red Riding Hood (1911)
  • Puss in Boots (1913)
  • Ivan the Fool (Cui) (1913)

Completion of Operas Begun by Others

  • The Stone Guest (Dargomyzhsky) (Introduction and end of Tableau 1)
  • The Fair at Sorochintsy (Mussorgsky)

Sacred Choral

  • Ave Maria, Op. 34, for 1-2 women's voices with piano or harmonium (1886)
  • Three Psalms, op. 80, for mixed voices (1910)
  • Song of the Most Holy Theotokos [Песнь Пресвятыя Богородицы = Pesn' presvjatyja bogorodicy] (i.e. the Russian Orthodox Magnificat), op. 93, for soprano solo and mixed voices (1914)

Secular Choral and Part-Songs

  • Two Choruses to Words by Pushkin, Op. 4, for mixed voices with orchestra (1860)

Chorus mysticus trium vocum muliebrium (Mystical Chorus) [Мистический хор = Mističeskij khor], Op. 6, for women's voices and orchestra or piano, text from Dante's Purgatorio (1871)

  • Seven Choruses, Op. 28, for mixed voices (1885)
  • Les oiseaux d'Argenteau," for children's voices (1887)
  • Five Choruses, Op. 46, for mixed voices (1893)
  • Six Choruses, Op. 53, for mixed voices (1895)
  • Seven Little Duet-Choruses, Op. 101, for children's or women's voices, (1899) (not published)
  • Zwei Lieder, Op. 58, for men's voices (1901)
  • Seven Vocal Quartets, Op. 59, for mixed voices (1901)
  • Six Choruses, Op. 63, for mixed voices (1903)
  • Seven Little Choruses on texts by Belousov, Op. 77 (1908)
  • Thirteen Choruses, Op. 85, for women's and children's voices with piano (1911)
  • Nine Vocal Quartets for men's voices, Op. 88 (1911-1912).
  • March of the Russian Falcons [Марш русских соколов = Marsh russkikh sokolov, for mixed voices with piano (1912)
  • Cantata in Commemoration of the Three-Hundredth Anniversary of the Reign of the House of the Romanovs, 1613-1913, Op. 89, for mixed voices with orchestra or piano (1913)
  • Your Poetic Art [Твой стих = Tvoj stikh], Cantata in Memory of M.Yu. Lermontov, Op. 96, for mixed voices with orchestra or piano (1914)
  • They're Marching ["Идут" = "Idut"], for men's voices (1914)


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Publications

Most compositions published in Russia, by Bessel, Jurgenson, and Belaieff. Principal publisher in France was Leduc.

External links

Wikipedia article on Cui:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Cui

Wikipedia list of Cui's works, choral and otherwise:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_C%C3%A9sar_Cui