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        • Dmitri Shostakovich

        • Hamlet, Music to the Film in two parts, Op. 116 (1964)

        • G Schirmer Inc (USA, Canada and Mexico only)
          Le Chant Du Monde (France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries)

        G Schirmer is the publisher of the work in the USA, Canada and Mexico only. Le Chant du Monde is the publisher of the work in France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Andorra, French speaking African countries.

        Performing Edition compiled by John Mauceri

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        Programme Note

        Music to the film in two parts. 

        Produced by Lenfilm – Grigori Kozintsev (scenario [based of Boris Pasternak’s translation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy] and direction).

        First showing: 19 April 1964 : Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra – Nikolai Rabinovich (conductor).

        Vol. 42 of Muzyka Collected Works prints a selection of 15 items (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 20, 22, 26, 27, 29, and 30), the autograph score is preserved at the Shostakovich family archives. The above listing is based on Erna Meskhishvili and Derek C. Hulme. In contrast to other sources Muzyka publishers state that the present work was already composed between 1962 and 1963 in Moscow. ‘Hamlet’ was awarded a special prize for music at the USSR Film Festival Leningrad in 1968. According to Hulme the first showing of ‘Hamlet’ took place on 24 April 1964.

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        1. [No. 1] Overture (Largo)
        2. [No. 2] Military Music (Allegretto)
        3. [No. 3] Fanfares. The Kings’s entrance
        4. [No. 4] Fanfares. The Kings’s exit
        5. [No. 5] Ball at the Palace (Presto)
        6. [No. 6] Story of Horatio and the Ghost (Adagio)
        7. [No. 7] Ophelia’s Dance
        8. [No. 8] The Ball (Allegretto)
        9. [No. 9] The Ghost (Largo)
        10. [No. 10] Hamlet’s parting with Ophelia (Andante)
        11. [No. 11] Court Music (Moderato)
        12. [No. 12] Hamlet’s monologue: ‘What a piece of work is man!’
        13. [Nos. 13 and 13a] Arrival of the Players (Allegro)
        14. [No. 14] Hamlet’s soliloquy: ‘Fie upon’t! foh! About my brain’(Moderato non troppo)
        15. [No. 15] The performance (Allegro molto)
        16. [No. 16] Hamlet’s soliloquy: ‘To be, or not to be’ (Adagio)
        17. [No. 17] Hamlet’s meeting with Ophelia
        18. [No. 18] Royal Fanfare
        19. [No. 19] In the Garden (Court procession) (Moderato non troppo)
        20. [No. 20] Booth Fanfare (Allegro)
        21. [No. 21] Scene of Poisoning (Moderato non troppo)
        22. [No. 22] Flutes (Presto)
        23. [No. 23] Conscience (Largo)
        24. [No. 24] The Ghost in the Queen’s presence (Largo)
        25. [No. 25] Hamlet’s Departure to England
        26. [No. 26] Ophelia’s Song (Andantino)
        27. [No. 27] Ophelia’s Madness (Adagio)
        28. [No. 28] Ophelia’s Death (Andante)
        29. [No. 29] The Cementary (Moderato non troppo)
        30. [No. 30] Hamlet at Ophelia’s coffin (Largo)
        31. [No. 31] Hamlet returns to Helsingør
        32. [No. 32] Hamlet’s Death (Allegro)
        33. [No. 33] Arrival of Fortinbras (Andante)
        34. [No. 34] Hamlet’s Funeral (Largo)
        35. [No. 38] The Chimes