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Chesnokov, Pavel
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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Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda
Bless the Lord, O my soul
Op. 10, No. 1 [also No. 2 in Liturgy, Op. 15]
First Antiphon at Liturgy
Ps. 102:1-5
S(div)A(div)T(div)B(div)
PJu #31589 n.d.
First printed edition
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Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda
Bless the Lord, O my soul
Op. 9, No. 1
First Antiphon
Ps. 102[103]:1
SSAA
PJu #31320 1906
First printed edition
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Cn020
Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda
Bless the Lord, O my soul
Op. 9, No. 18
Introductory Psalm at Vigil
Ps. 103:1,24
SSAA
PJu #31332 1906
First printed edition
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Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda
Bless the Lord, O my soul
Op. 9, No. 19
Introductory Psalm at Vigil
Ps. 103: 1,24
SSAA
PJu #31333 1906
First printed edition
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Cn038
Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
N.O.N.
[Russian “Greek” Chant]
Introductory Psalm at Vespers
S(div)AT(div)B(div)
in coll. No. 15, “Vsenoshchnoe bdenie” (dlia malogo smeshannogo khora), iz proizvedenii sovremennykh avtorov. [“All-Night Vigil” (for small mixed chorus), from the works of contemporary composers], Petrograd, ]P. Kireev, 1915
First printed edition
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Cn324
Blagoslovi, dushe moia, Gospoda
Bless the Lord, O my soul
Op. 27, No. 1
Russian Greek Chant
Introductory Psalm at Vigil
Ps. 103[104]:1,24
SATB
PJu #33928 n.d.
First printed edition
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Blessed Is the Man
N.O.N.
SAT(div)B(div)
in coll. No. 13, “Vsenoshchnoe Bdenie” (dlia nebol’shogo smeshannogo khora), iz proizvedenii sovremennykh avtorov. [“All-Night Vigil” (for small mixed chorus), from the works of contemporary composers], Petrograd, P. Kireev, 1916
First printed edition
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Cn322
Blessed is the man
Op. 9, No. 20
First Antiphon of the First Kathisma
Ps. 1:1,6; 2:11,12; 3:8,9
SSAA
PJu #31334 1906
First printed edition
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Blessed is the man
Op. 37, No. 2
Abbr. Kievan Chant
First Antiphon of the 1st Kathisma
Ps. 1:1,6; 2:11,12; 3:8,9
First printed edition
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Cn205
Blessed is the man
Op. 27, No. 2
Kievan Chant
First Antiphon of the First Kathisma
Ps. 1:1,6; 2:11,12
SAT(div)B(div)
PJu #33929 n.d.
First printed edition
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Cn183
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