Original pre-revolutionary Russian sheet music of M. Oginski’s famous Polonaise in A minor, “Farewell to the Homeland” (Proshchanie s Rodinoi / Les adieux à la patrie), arranged for piano.
It was published in Moscow by S. Ya. Yambor as No. 38 of a popular series of romances, waltzes and dances, and printed by V. Grosse. The cover shows a portrait of the singer V. Kavetskaya, with the original price of 10 kopecks. It is printed in pre-1918 Russian orthography, c. 1907–1914. The back cover lists the other 40 titles in the series, including Lehár, Bizet, Verdi and Offenbach.
A charming piece of Imperial Russian musical ephemera, suitable for collectors of antique sheet music, Polish and Russian music history, or for framing.
Condition: 4 pages. Age toning, edge wear, and small tears to the cover and inner leaf. There are pencil fingering marks and a small ink mark from a previous owner. Please see photos.
About this piece
This is a genuine artefact of Imperial Russian musical publishing: Moniusz Oginski’s beloved polonaise in A minor, arranged for piano, issued by the Moscow house of S. Ya. Yambor around 1907–1914. The cover bears a portrait of the renowned singer V. Kavetskaya and is numbered 38 in a popular series that ranged across European salon music—Lehár, Bizet, Verdi, Offenbach and others. The original price of 10 kopecks is printed below. The text appears in pre-1918 Russian orthography (Cyrillic), with French subtitles reflecting the cosmopolitan taste of the era.
The score is arranged for piano and trio (indicating a chamber or orchestral reduction). Four pages, showing their age with foxing, edge wear, and minor tears to cover and interior leaf. Previous owners have left pencil fingering marks and a small ink notation. The back cover lists all forty titles in the series, a window into the repertoire performed in Tsarist drawing rooms. Suitable for collectors of Russian musical ephemera, sheet music history, or for framing as a period piece of the Belle Époque.
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