Tchaikovsky Research : I Remember All (TH 172)

Romance by Elizaveta Tarnovskaia (in a transcription for solo piano by Aleksandr Diubiuk), arranged for piano duet (?1866/67).

Catalogue References	TH 172 ; ČW 406
Date	(?) 1866 or 1867
Key	E♭ major
Tempo/Section Listing	Andante (75 bars, E♭ major)
Instrumentation	Piano duet (4 hands)
Autograph Location	Moscow (Russia): Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture (ф. 88, No. 167)
First Publication	Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1868
Notes	Elizaveta Tarnovskaia’s romance I Remember All (Op. 281) was written in the mid–1860s, to words by Aleksei Nikolaevich Pleshcheev (1825–1893). Tchaikovsky’s arrangement is based on a transcription of the romance for piano duet by Aleksandr Diubiuk (1812–1898), which was also published by Jurgenson in 1868 under the title Romance de Tarnovsky

History

No information has survived concerning this arrangement of Elizaveta Tarnovskaia's romance I Remember All, to words by Aleksei Pleshcheev, made from a transcription for solo piano by Aleksandr Diubiuk.

It seems likely that the arrangement was made during the period 1866–67 when Tchaikovsky was friendly with the Tarnovskii family. Shortly after arriving in Moscow, Tchaikovsky shared his impressions of the city with his brothers Anatolii and Modest in a letter of 30 January/11 February 1866: "I’m finding my way around a little better (usually by accident), but all the people are very nice. In particular I have become acquainted with the Tarnovskiis, husband and wife, who are very rich, and terribly fond of music. Mme Tarnovskaia composes romances which are performed by Nikol'skii — I Remember All, Why?, etc. [1].

Herman Laroche wrote that the romance I Remember All, "enjoyed considerable fame in the sixties... and echoed through many hundreds of Russian homes" [2].

I Remember All

Я помню все

History

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