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==Life==
==Life==
<b>Born: </b>1835-01-06 (Old Style)
'''Born:''' 6 January 1835 (Old Style)


<b>Died: </b>1918-03-13
'''Died:''' 13 March 1918


<b>Biography:</b> Russian composer of French-Lithuanian descent.
'''Biography'''


Profession: professor of fortifications in the military academies of St. Petersburg.
César Antonovich Cui (Russian: Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) 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==
===Sacred music===
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==List of all known choral works==
===Sacred Choral===
===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)


*Three Psalms, op. 80, for mixed voices (1910)
===Secular Choral and Part-Songs===
*''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)
*Two Choruses to Words by Pushkin, Op. 4, for mixed voices with orchestra (1860)
*Мистический хор (Misticheskii 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)
#''Воды (Water)''
#''Ризой бледно-голубою (Pale blue robe)''
#''Сокрытая красота (Beauty Concealed)''  
#''Я жал (I regretted)''
#''Васильки на полях (Cornflowers in the Fields)''
#''Зой (Echo)''
#''Неурожай («Над полями ходит»)''  
*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)  


===Secular Choral and Part-Song===
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*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)
*"Ave Maria," op. 34, for 1-2 women's voices with piano or harmonium (1886)
*"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)


==Publications==
Most compositions published in Russia, by Bessel, Jurgenson, and Belaieff.
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Cui Wikipedia article on Cui]
*[[wikipedia:List of compositions by César Cui|Wikipedia list]] of Cui's works, choral and otherwise
*[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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Revision as of 03:17, 30 September 2017

Life

Born: 6 January 1835 (Old Style)

Died: 13 March 1918

Biography

César Antonovich Cui (Russian: Цезарь Антонович Кюи, Tsezar' Antonovič Kjui) 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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List of choral works at CPDL

Sacred music

Secular music

 

List of all known choral works

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)
  • Мистический хор (Misticheskii 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)
  1. Воды (Water)
  2. Ризой бледно-голубою (Pale blue robe)
  3. Сокрытая красота (Beauty Concealed)
  4. Я жал (I regretted)
  5. Васильки на полях (Cornflowers in the Fields)
  6. Зой (Echo)
  7. Неурожай («Над полями ходит»)
  • 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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