Shvedoff, Constantine

Constantine Nikolayevich Shvedoff (b. 1886, Moscow; d. 1954, USA) was one of the younger members of the New Russian Choral School that formed around the Moscow Synodal School of Church Singing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a graduate of the Synodal School, Shvedoff had observed and experienced first-hand the renaissance of Russian Orthodox church music in a national style, promulgated the famous “triumvirate” of the Synodal School: Stepan Smolensky (1848–1909), the School’s director from 1889 to 1901; Alexander Kastalsky (1856–1926), whose works were the first to embody this style in the most salient fashion; and Vasily Orlov (1856-1907), the director of the Synodal Choir under whole talented leadership many works were premiered. In his own compositions, Shvedov strived to add to the rich creative output of sacred choral works produced by his contemporaries, among whom were Pavel Chesnokov, Alexander Gretchaninoff, Alexander Nikolsky, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. His works range from austere chant harmonizations in two and three parts, in which the folk-song element prevails, to more innovative opuses, such as his sacred concerto “Blago yest ispovedatisia” (It is good to give thanks),which combines fugal writing (a device rarely used by Russian church composers), the rich harmonic style of the Russian choral school, and a touch of chromatic “orientalism” found in the secular works of the Mighty Five. After the 1917 Revolution, Shvedoff obtained a position as choirmaster and condutor at the music studio of the Moscow Art Theater. In the early 1920s, during a tour to Europe and the United States, he decided not to return to the Soviet Union. After 1925, he lived in the US, where he directed a church choir and continued to write choral works, including a number of arrangements for the famous Don Cossack Choir, directed by fellow Synodal School alumnus, Serge Jaroff.

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Title: Blago est' ispovedatisia Gospodevi

Title (translated): It is good to give thanks to the Lord

Opus no.: S. Op.9

Liturgical designation: Sacred concerto

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B(div)

Publication data: PJu #34318 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 7

Cat. no.: Sh009

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Title: Blazheni, iazhe izbral

Title (translated): Blessed are they whom Thou hast chosen

Opus no.: S. Op.7

Liturgical designation: Communion Hymn for the Departed

Text source: Ps. 64[65]:5; 101[102]:13

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B(div)

Publication data: PJu #34316 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 7

Cat. no.: Sh007

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Title: Da ispolniatsia usta nasha

Title (translated): Let our mouths be filled

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SAT(div)B(div)

Publication data: P. Ju. #38291 [1917]

Description of source: First printed edition

Remarks: Defective original

No. of pages: 4

Cat. no.: Sh031

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Title: Dogmatik 3-go glasa

Title (translated): Theotokion-Dogmatikon in the Third Tone

Opus no.: S. Op.1

Arrangement of: Znamenny Chant

Text incipit (translated): Kako ne divimsia

Voicing: TB

Publication data: PJu #34309 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 3

Cat. no.: Sh001

Title: Dogmatik 2-go glasa

Title (translated): Theotokion-Dogmatikon in the Second Tone

Opus no.: S. Op.2

Arrangement of: Znamenny Chant

Text incipit (translated): Preide sen' zakonnaia

Voicing: TTB

Publication data: PJu #34310 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 2

Cat. no.: Sh002

Title: Dogmatik 5-go glasa

Title (translated): Theotokion-Dogmatikon in the Fifth Tone

Opus no.: S. Op.3

Arrangement of: Znamenny Chant

Text incipit (translated): V Chermnem mori

Voicing: TTB

Publication data: PJu #34311 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 3

Cat. no.: Sh003

Title: Dostoino est'

Title (translated): It is truly meet

Opus no.: S. Op.14

Liturgical designation: Hymn to the Mother of God

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B(div)

Publication data: PJu #35393 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

Remarks: Defective original

No. of pages: 2

Cat. no.: Sh014

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Title: Kheruvimskaia pesn'

Title (translated): Cherubic Hymn

Opus no.: S. Op.13

Text incipit (translated): Izhe kheruvimy

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B(div)

Publication data: PJu #35392 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 11

Cat. no.: Sh013

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Title: Liturgiia Sv. Ioanna Zlatoustago [No. 1]

Title (translated): Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Opus no.: N.O.N.

Publication data: PJu #36676-88 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 75

Cat. no.: Sh017-029

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Title: No. 1 - Velikaia ekteniia

Title (translated): The Great Litany

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B

No. of pages: 3

Cat. no.: Sh017

No. in collection: 2

Title: No. 2 - Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda

Title (translated): Bless the Lord, O my soul

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SATB

No. of pages: 4

Cat. no.: Sh018

No. in collection: 3

Title: No. 3 - Slava... Edinorodnyi Syne

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SAT(div)B(div)

No. of pages: 6

Cat. no.: Sh019

No. in collection: 4

Title: No. 4 - Priidite poklonimsia

Title (translated): Come, let us worship

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B(div)

No. of pages: 2

Cat. no.: Sh020

No. in collection: 5

Title: No. 5 - Gospodi, spasi... Sviatyi Bozhe

Title (translated): O Lord, save... Holy God

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SAT(div)B(div)

No. of pages: 6

Cat. no.: Sh021

No. in collection: 6

Title: No. 6 - Slava Tebe, Gospodi i Sugubaia ekteniia

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SATB

No. of pages: 2

Cat. no.: Sh022

No. in collection: 7

Title: No. 7 - Kheruvimskaia pesn'

Title (translated): Cherubic Hymn

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SAT(div)B

No. of pages: 9

Cat. no.: Sh023

No. in collection: 8

Title: No. 8 - Simvol very

Title (translated): The Creed

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B(div)

No. of pages: 12

Cat. no.: Sh024

No. in collection: 9

Title: No. 9 - Milost' mira

Title (translated): A mercy of peace

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SATB(div)

No. of pages: 7

Cat. no.: Sh025

No. in collection: 10

Title: No. 10 - Tebe poem

Title (translated): We hymn Thee

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: S(div)ATB

No. of pages: 4

Cat. no.: Sh026

No. in collection: 11

Title: No. 11 - Dostoino est'

Title (translated): It is truly meet

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SA(div)TB(div)

No. of pages: 5

Cat. no.: Sh027

No. in collection: 12

Title: No. 12 - Otche nash

Title (translated): Our Father

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SATB

No. of pages: 5

Cat. no.: Sh028

MR Sh027

No. in collection: 13

Title: No. 13 - Khvalite Gospoda s nebes

Title (translated): Praise the Lord from the heavens

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SA(div)T(div)B(div)

No. of pages: 8

Cat. no.: Sh029

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Title: Milost' mira

Title (translated): A mercy of peace

Opus no.: S. Op.4

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B

Publication data: PJu #34313 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 5

Cat. no.: Sh004

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Title: Ne imamy inyia pomoshchi

Title (translated): We have no other help

Opus no.: S. Op.8

Liturgical designation: Sacred concerto

Voicing: S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)

Publication data: PJu #34317 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 5

Cat. no.: Sh008

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Title: Otche nash

Title (translated): Our Father

Opus no.: S. Op.6

Liturgical designation: The Lord's Prayer

Text incipit (translated): Otche nash

Voicing: SATB(div)

Publication data: PJu #34315 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 3

Cat. no.: Sh006

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Title: Razboinika blagorazumnago

Title (translated): The Wise Thief

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Liturgical designation: Exaposteilarion of Great and Holy Friday

Voicing: SATB

Publication data: P. Ju. #36674

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 5

Cat. no.: Sh016-016a

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Title: А) Razboinika blagorazumnago

Title (translated): The Wise Thief

Opus no.: N.O.N.

Liturgical designation: Exaposteilarion of Great and Holy Friday

Voicing: SATB

No. of pages: 3

Cat. no.: Sh016

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No. in collection: 2

Title: Razboinika blagorazumnago

Title (translated): The Wise Thief

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Liturgical designation: Exaposteilarion of Great and Holy Friday

Voicing: SSA or TTB soli

No. of pages: 2

Cat. no.: Sh016a

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Title: Slava... Edinorodnyi Syne

Title (translated): Glory... Only-begotten Son

Opus no.: S. Op.10

Liturgical designation: Troparion after the Second Antiphon

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B

Publication data: PJu #34319 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 6

Cat. no.: Sh010

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Title: Svete tikhii

Title (translated): Gladsome Light

Opus no.: S. Op.12

Liturgical designation: Evening Hymn

Voicing: S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)

Publication data: PJu #35391 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 6

Cat. no.: Sh012

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Title: Tebe poem

Title (translated): We hymn Thee

Opus no.: S. Op.5

Voicing: SA(div)T(div)B(div)

Publication data: PJu #34314 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 2

Cat. no.: Sh005

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Title: Trisviatoe

Title (translated): Trisagion Hymn

Opus no.: S. Op.15

Text incipit (translated): Sviatyi Bozhe

Voicing: S(div)AT(div)B(div)

Publication data: PJu #35394 n.d.

Description of source: First printed edition

No. of pages: 6

Cat. no.: Sh015

MR Sh015

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Title: Videkhom svet istinnyi

Title (translated): We have seen the true light

Opus no.: N. O. N.

Voicing: SAT(div)B(div)

Publication data: P. Ju. #38293

Description of source: First printed edition

Remarks: Defective original

No. of pages: 2

Cat. no.: Sh030

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