Oppel, A.A. Storm on the Volga: Musical Picture for Piano (Buria na Volge: Muzykalnaia kartina dlia fortepiano), [1880s]. In Russian

Оппель, Андрей Алексеевич. Буря на Волге: Музыкальная картина для фортепиано. Посвящается Александру Степановичу Баташеву.
Москва: А. Гутхейль, нотопечатня В. Гроссе, [1880-е гг.].
9 с. Мягкая иллюстрированная издательская обложка.
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Oppel, Andrey Alekseevich. Storm on the Volga: Musical Picture for Piano (Buria na Volge: Muzykalnaia kartina dlia fortepiano). Dedicated to Alexander Stepanovich Batashov.
Moscow: A. Gutheil, printed by V. Grosse, [1880s].
9 pp. Soft illustrated publisher's cover.

This rare piece of sheet music from the late 19th century is a "musical picture" for solo piano composed by Andrey Alekseevich Oppel (1843–1888), a Russian pianist and composer known for his romantic salon pieces and romances. The work, titled "Storm on the Volga," is a programmatic composition that evokes the dramatic and turbulent nature of Russia's greatest river, a popular theme in 19th-century Russian art and music. It was published by the esteemed house of Alexander Gutheil, one of the leading music publishers in pre-revolutionary Russia, known for its high-quality engravings and associations with Rachmaninoff. The edition is dedicated to Alexander Stepanovich Batashov, a member of the famous Tula dynasty of samovar manufacturers and a noted patron of the arts. Featuring a striking illustrated cover produced at the V. Grosse press, this score is a fine example of late Imperial Russian music publishing and a testament to the vibrant salon music culture of the 1880s.