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Hymn to the Sun (arr. Kreisler)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · 1844–1908
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9
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- Type
- Short piece
- Setting
- Piano
- Length
- About 4 min
- Era
- Late Romantic
- Nationality
- Russian
- Exam lists
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About this work
- Composed
- 1906–07
- First performed
- 7 October 1909 in Moscow, Solodovnikov Theatre; Nikolay Speransky (Dodon); Fyodor Ernst (Gvidon); Andrey Dikov (Afron); Kapiton Zaporozhets (Polkan); Aleksandra Rostovtseva (Amelfa); Vladimir Pikok (Astrologer); Avreliya-Tsetsiliya Dobrovolskaya (Shemakhan Tsaritsa); Vera Klopotovskaya (Golden Cockerel); Emil Cooper (conductor)