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Arkhangelsky, Alexander
ARKHANGELSKY, Aleksandr Andreyevich (b. 11 [23] October 1846, the village of Staroe Tezikovo, in today’s Penza district; d. 16 November 1924, Prague, Czechoslovakia) — received his initial musical education at the Penza Theological Seminary; from childhood sang in the choir of the Archbishop of Penza; later taught singing in the Penza Seminary; in 1872 passed the examination at the Imperial Court Chapel for the title of precentor. From 1873 served as conductor of a number of church choirs in St. Petersburg, among them the choir of Count Sheremetev (1889-1898). In 1880 organized his own choir in St. Petersburg, replacing boys’ voices with women’s; from 1883 toured with this choir in Russia and abroad, performing Russian and Western sacred music, secular choruses and arrangements of folk songs. In 1902 organized the Church Singers’ Benefit Society in St. Petersburg; taught choral singing in various educational institutions, and published choral anthologies. Arkhangelsky made an important contribution to Russian choral and church singing: beginning with simple arrangements of church chants, which included the complete cycle of hymns for the entire year, he later enriched the so-called “St. Petersburg style” of church music with more complex free compositions, many of which are modeled after traditional Western European polyphony. Arkhangelsky also composed a number of secular choruses a cappella and arrangements of Russian folk songs.
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Hymn in honor of the miraculous deliverance from the peril threatening HIs Majesty the Emperor and His Most August Family, during the train wreck on October 17, 1888
S. Op. 13
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Ar013
Glasom moim ko Gospodu vozzvakh
I cry with my voice to the Lord
S. Op. 35a
Sacred concerto
Ps. 141[142]:1, 2, 6; 12[13]:4
Arr. for SSAA or TTBB by the composer
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Ar035a
Glasom moim ko Gospodu vozzvakh
I cry with my voice to the Lord
S. Op. 35
Sacred concerto
Ps. 141[142]:1, 2, 6; 12[13]:4
S(div)AT(div)B(div)
G. Shmidt #105 1896
First printed edition
Defective original
3
Ar035
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MR Ar068
Gospodi, pomilui i Nyne sily nebesnyia
Lord, have mercy and Now the powers of heaven
S. Op. 14
Litany responses and Cherubic Hymn from Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
SATB
G. Shmidt #A.26 n.d.
First printed edition
Defective original
3
Ar014-01-02
2
Now the powers of heaven
S. Op. 14
Cherubic Hymn at the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
SATB
Ar014-02
Lord, have mercy; Only-begotten Son; Come, let us worship; the Thrice-holy; Lord, have mercy; Grant this, O Lord
S. Op. 67
SATB
[G. Shmidt], A. 67, n.d.
First printed edition
5
Ar067-01-04
1
Gospodi, pomilui na Velikoi ektenii
Lord, have mercy at the Great Litany
S. Op. 67, [No. 1]
SATB
2
Ar067-01
4
The Thrice-Holy and Lord, have mercy
S. Op. 67, [No. 4]
SATB
1
Ar067-04
Hear my prayer, O Lord
S. Op. 27a
Sacred concerto
Ps. 101[102]:1-2
Arr. for SSAA or TTBB by the composer.
G. Shmidt #A.27 1894
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3
Ar027a
Hear my prayer, O Lord
S. Op. 27
Sacred concerto
Ps. 101[102]:1-2
S(div)AT(div)B
G. Shmidt #A.27 1894
First printed edition
3
Ar027
Let us who mystically represent the cherubim
S. Op. 54
Cherubic Hymn
S(div)AT(div)B
G. Shmidt #A.54 1905
First printed edition
3
Ar054
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LB-Spring-80
Izhe kheruvimy No. 11 i Ekteniia posle Kheruvimskoi pesni
Let us who mystically represent the cherubim No. 11 and Litany after the Cherubic Hymn
S. Op. 57
Cherubic Hymn
S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)
G. Shmidt #A.57 1905
First printed edition
4
Ar057
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LB-Spring-80
Let us who mystically represent the cherubim
S. Op. 4
Obikhod notnago peniia, p. 132 [Melody: Spasenie sodelal]
Cherubic Hymn
SATB
G. Shmidt #A.4 1888
First printed edition
Defective original
3
Ar004
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LB-Spring-80