《野蜂飞舞》(Flight of the Bumble Bee)这首常用于小提琴或其他器乐独奏的小曲,原是俄罗斯作曲家里姆斯基·柯萨科夫(Nikolai Andreivitch Rimsky-Korsakov,1844-1908),所作歌剧 《萨旦王的故事》(The Tale of Tsar Saltan)第二幕第一场中,由管弦乐演奏的插曲。
Work Title :The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Alternative Title :The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of his Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Guidon Saltanovich, and of the Beautiful Swan Princess (Сказка о Царе Салтане, о сыне его славном и могучем богатыре Князе Гвидоне Салтановиче и о прекрасной Царевне Лебеди)
Composer :Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay
Movements/Sections :Prologue and 4 acts
Year/Date of Composition :1899–1900
First Performance :1900-11-03 – Moscow: Solodovnikov Theatre: Nikolay Mutin (Tsar Saltan), Yelena Tsvetkova (Tsaritsa Militrisa), Aleksandra Rostovtseva (Tkachikha), Adelaida Veretennikova (Povarikha), Varvara Strakhova (Babarikha), Anton Sekar-Rozhansky (Tsarevich Gvidon), Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel (Tsarevna Swan-Bird), Vasily Schafer (Old grandfather), Nikolay Shevelyov (Courier), Mikhail Levandovsky (Skomorokh), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (conductor)
First Publication :1901 – St. Petersburg: Bessel. Vocal score, 281 pages. Plate 4849. 1904 – St. Petersburg: Bessel. Full score, 462 pages (lithographed from a manuscript). Plate 4882.
Librettist :Vladimir Belsky (1866–1946), after Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
Language :Russian
Instrumentation :Voices: Tsar Saltan (Царь Салтан) (bass) ; Tsaritsa Militrisa (Царица Милитриса) (soprano) ; Tkachikha (Ткачиха) (mezzo-soprano) ; Povarikha (Повариха) (soprano) ; Babarikha (Бабариха) (contralto) ; Tsarevich Gvidon (Царевич Гвидон) (tenor) ; Tsarevna Swan-Bird (Царевна Лебедь) (soprano) ; Old grandfather (Старый дед) (tenor) ; Courier (Гонец) (baritone) ; Skomorokh (Скоморох) (bass) + mixed chorus (SATB) Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets/bass clarinet, 2 bassoons/contrabassoon + 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, percussion + 2 harps, strings